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History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

'The past is an underused tool': An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm

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'The past is an underused tool': An Elizabethan mansion's secrets for staying warm

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History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

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In a deadly cold period known as the Little Ice Age, clever Elizabethan designs kept a magnificent stately home unusually warm – with lessons for how we can heat our own homes better.

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It tends to be colder around windows, so I can understand why you’d want to warm those areas.

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