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Built in 1592, this building is older than the United Kingdom itself.
When this house was built, Elizabeth I was still on the throne.
The Spanish Armada had only recently been defeated, and Shakespeare was in the middle of writing his plays.
Constructed using unseasoned “green” oak, the timber slowly twisted and settled as it dried, giving the structure its distinctive lean.
It has stood through civil war, empire, industrialisation, and world wars.
More than 430 years later, it remains.
Slightly crooked, but still standing.
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