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The oldest home in greater London that is still used as a home was built in the 1430s. Some elements are newer reconstructions, but the bulk of it is original. This is it. It's called Walthamstow. They didn't realize it was this old until white clapboarding was removed in the 1930s. You can see some of the clapboards still remaining on the left side of the front. #History
@Priestess Thanks for the photo and info.
@poemblaze The English knew how to build homes that last! 😍
@poemblaze Cool! I love old architecture.
Here's a photo from 1885 of the Fairbanks homestead, oldest wooden frame house still standing in North America. Built in 1636 in Dedham MA, the Fairbanks family migrated from Yorkshire. The home stayed in the family and has never had a lien on it. There have been additions throughout the years.