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The Pickett Home was constructed
as an English 10lbs castle, (example O'Dowd castle) there are 1000s in Ireland. The English would donate
10lbs to the construction of a castle with a Tower in order to pacify the
natives. Eventually the small house (Pickett’s house on Bancroft) would be
rebuilt as an addition to the tower (on the hill); only much larger. Which is why the small and currently only house is built to be
disassembled quickly. First make
a tent second
Then
the tent is replaced by a simple two story structure of approximately x feet
wide by y feet long, two stories is non-negotiable has to be built. The
two building needs to be made in such a way as to take the materials down and
reuse them in the design of the manor or plantation house. The design of the
simple house needs to incorporate the concept of cut once and reuse. Most
of the time the construction of the first house is not difficult, but the
construction of the manor house is long, expensive, taxing, and the conflicts
with the natives are almost a guarantee. So cut once and reuse. So the boards
needed for the manor house are drawn up first then those boards are used in
the small house. But intended to be used in specific locations in the large
plantation house. Third
The
most important step in the process The
future plantation needs an actual tower. That tower has to be placed in the
most strategic area possible. That tower has to be tall enough in order to
not only give a several miles around perspective of the area, but that tower
has to be the anchor tower of the future keep. The Tower must be at least the
equivalent of a three story Building where each floor is 15 feet and the floor
itself is about 5 feet thick. Taller is better. The
tower is the anchor; where the rest of the manor house will be built from. In
large and defined areas the manor plantation building the design might
include more than one tower. If so the design and location of the tower is
decided before construction of the first tower itself is started. Design
the manor house before starting to construct it. Plantation
House. Once
the lord is in the area for an appropriate time to survey the lands,
determine the needs of the fortification, etc. this is when the lord will
start to plan out what type of plantation/manor house is needed. If the
situation changes from the tower to the manor house; the manor house or the
tower will be reconstructed in order to be able to construct the manor house
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