The Best Preserved Medieval Home In Britain | American Viscountess
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- Pitchford Hall in rural Shropshire is an immaculately preserved half-timbered house, lost by the family in 1992 but reclaimed 25 years later through the efforts of the family. The land was first deemed sacred by the ancient Romans who discovered a natural spring of pitch oil, giving the home it's name. Restoration efforts involve repairing the house's exterior with traditional medieval methods, leaving a lasting legacy for future generations.
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This is true love. Supporting your wife throughout this journey is heartwarming.
Oh, to own back your childhood home. Memories from times past to future memories.
I will own my childhood home. 5 people living in a 906 SQ FT home with 1 bathroom. I will update the electrical and sell that place to a young couple who can put in the sweat equity to make it their home.
oh i know - an isolated small hill farm, up a stony lane where there isn't (wasn't) the constant monotonous sound of engines.
I'm thrilled for the family and for the artists who get to rent the workshops. They get to be creative and support and revive a piece of English history. Once is gone. There is nothing more to do.
I'm in Australia. There are no houses here like Pitchford Hall, so it is marvellous to view this program. Really admired the ladies for swimming, and the library was wonderful. Best thing was the enthusiasm of all concerned. Thanks.
Well, yeah, cause you would’ve had the people that I was off from there they were completely different way of life, wouldn’t they?
@@vickyfisher-bz4jj That makes no sense at all! What are you trying to say?
My brother has moved to Australia, I just think I’d miss the seasons and the history that we’re surrounded by in the UK. I’m also terrified of spiders 😱
@@sian2337seasons? Is it not just overcast year round?
I got married at Pitchford church just behind the trees and remember Rowena sometimes coming to church. I can’t believe they got it back - it was so sad to see it empty and neglected for so long.
That's a crazy story! Thanks for sharing! Amazing!
For all snippy commentators you should understand the responsibility and sometimes burden that these old houses bring with them, for those that buy or inherit them it’s a lifelong job to upkeep them often with financial struggles as they require vast amounts of money to maintain them in the correct manner, it’s not for the faint hearted!
Exactly a lot of people wouldn’t want to deal with them, not sure I would to be honest but I really appreciate the people who do. I love the national trust too giving us a window into the past. I’m glad some people out there want to do it
Most of the families that farmed that land probably died out from starvation, but sure, let's pretend the wealthy owners did all the work.
And how many aristocratic young men in the late 1800's and early 1900's, purposely married young American women because of their family's wealth. Essentially saving the British aristocracy.
I can't believe the amount of jealousy and envy fueled comments. I am glad that this lady was able to recover her family home after 25 years of work and sacrifices, good for her. The repairs alone will support dozens of contractors for years. Once the house id finished it will provide income for many employees.
Are you a Viscount ?
Thank you, I am also saddened by the judgements. This old lady is sick of people “shoulding” on each other.
This is what happens when you let the peasants have a voice.
@@cuchulain1647 Poor little Princess what are you upset about ? 👸
Well said. These homes are historic treasures. I understand not everyone has access to such a home…I couldn’t afford to cut the grass there. However, I wouldn’t want to imagine a world without these beautiful links to the past that are being so loved and well cared for. 👏
I know how it feels, on a much smaller scale, to lose the home and land that's been passed down in your family. It's absolutely gutting. God bless this family for being able to get it back.
This is just the best story - and I love that they're all open to, and talking about the positive spirits that reside within the house.
Impressed by the Library, colourful taste and exuberance of Queen Elizabeth First Era. Fabulous visit with charming people. Incredible dedication to restore this Venerable Historic house. Bravo to the Pitchford Family and all participants in the arduous restoration in the normes. The billows in the smithy's house, we had the same, with added iron feet as a low table in front of a log fire place in France. Sad ending to its working life.
What a journey this family went through. I am glad they recovered their house. Impossible to imagine the mixed emotions when they came back after 25 years... amazing documentary.
I was so moved when the absent painting was hung in its space of prominence. Extraordinary.....!
What a story, heartbreaking initially, good for them that they were able to get it back, lovely people.
What a lovely lady so glad she got the home back it is beautiful!
Stunning, and so glad that you were able to get it back to the family and restore it back to its glory.
Rowena is quite quite lovely, stunning. James a very lucky chap. We too lost our home, but in the 70's. Not Lloyds, Burma Oil. It wasn't as grand or as beautiful as Pitchford, it's only mention in a book of British houses (where one or two had whole chapters) is ' a proportionate villa of some merit'. But we loved it. The gardens and park were exceptional, two brothers went one to China the other India collecting trees where they were planted. Occasionally I drive past it, the village has two modern housing estates, the park is badly overgrown with bracken, gorse and brambles. The lodge already shonkie in our day has been replaced by something indescribably awful. So I totally support Rowena and James and the love of their home and the courage of their conviction. Bizarrely I was at school in their corner of the world but had not heard of Pitchford before this evening, my friends there are now either dead or badly decaying, though I would have loved to have seen it in it's hayday and mine. Regards Phillip
I'm very sorry. That must be hard for you.
Dear Catty, thankyou. It was actually the second house my family had lost. Although I never knew the former. My family moved from the original family home in the 1870's, following a Victorian scandal! The shame of which meant my forebears came to the home I grew up in some years following that on 'remittance'. Thanks to the marvels of the interweb our original home or seat is well documented, as is the family shame! That house also had tremendous gardens. I believe it's now owned by a wealthy chap who's spending his fortune on it's restoration. Whilst I'm writting this the thought occurred to me that the occupants of my old family home might have known the occupants of Pitchford as they're only about 30 or 40 miles apart! Salutations
If I ever get to travel to GB, I hope I can see this home. So beautiful, so happy you were able to get your family home back!
What a great documentary on these wonderful homes of England! It's wonderful to hear how the family got their home back. This program is so well done that you would think that it was a PBS show.
Invite artists/ sponsors to adopt a room. They will take responsibility to design ( within perimeters ) and fund the restoration of one room.A plack will be posted on the door, naming the donor/designer.
A wedding venue,Horse rides,Bed and breakfast,Movie location anything just to get the money rolling really..
At first glance, I thought it was the famous ''Moreton Hall Manorhouse'' in Cheshire. How on earth has this monster manorhouse evaded huge public notice, all these years? AND, how come the National Trust' failed to save it ? I'm very glad things turned out the way they did, an incredible story. Congratulations.
I got a bit teary watching Edward. He reminds me of my now 17 year old son who had a collection of ‘cuddly toys’ as he called them. As a toddler he would carry ‘blue puppy’ and ‘brown puppy’ around with him, and I put actual collars and name tags on them in case they got left anywhere by accident. As he got older his collection increased including teddy bears, a lion, a penguin and a Tasmanian devil. When we traveled anywhere the whole lot came with us. They were his babies; I think when the time comes he is going to be a very paternal father! Of course he has grown out of them now; he was probably on the older side when he did eventually grow out of them, and I still remember feeling so cross at an older gentleman who told him he was too old to have teddy bears. Why do you want to ‘rush’ his childhood away I was thinking to myself, while mentally kicking the gentleman in the shins! Fortunately, my son took no notice of him. Seeing Edward with his toy dog has brought back all of those lovely childhood memories that pass too quickly.
I really admire all your efforts to preserve British history, especialty with American help ❤❤❤
Yes. She could easily only care about Mapperton and being an American outsider, she brings a wide-eyed, youthful exuberance to the movement. It's also caught on in France.
This family and their restoration efforts are wonderful! Keep up the great work!
That bit about the Newspaper is magical.
Wonderful episode! What a lovely place to visit, to live, to treasure. I applaud this family.
Such an enjoyable and informative documentary! If I ever make it to Britain, I will hope and plan to see Pitchford Hall. I have learned how to repair the exterior walls of a lovely half-timbered home!! Best to you from Hinsdale, IL, west of Chicago! (The tree house is SO romantic!)♥
Beautiful home, excellent work on the preservation! 💐
Such a lovely and heart warming story ❤. I love how they never gave up and that has given me more hope. Thank you so much.
It's intriguing how life can imitate art. The story of Pitchford Hall is very similar to the series 'To the Manor Born', starring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles.
How delightful that they were able to get their beautiful historic house back. ❤
Would love to have seen more of the interior
What a delightful video! Nice that they could buy their family house back. So many interesting things to like but I liked the shape of the windows in the tree house. Definitely a blissful place to read.
Congratulations on getting it back!!
God bless your family and home 🙏❤
What a tragedy that it was lost!! The contents can never be replaced. I wish them all the best.
Its absolutely criminal what has been done to the english aristocracy.
A good, wholesome video. What a privilage to be curators of such a property. Enjoyed this immensely❤
The boy makes me very strongly think of Christopher Robin, Inhis beautiful home land. I named two of my sons Christopher and Robin
I feel for the family, but I am amazed they are looking for others to pay for their house !!!!
Not sure if you get it - too bad.
They don't appear to want sympathy, they want to make sure a historical building survives the current epidemic, of greedy developers, who would prefer a world full of dollar stores, greasy fast food shops, and more subdivisions with 1000 houses that are all identical, and parking lots on any land left that isn't paved. It doesn't matter much, generally the less educated and successful a person is, the more they believe they deserve. At least in the U.S, there are many people that never stepped in a school again after high school, and no ambition to do anything more than keep whatever job they had. They often believe they deserve better lives and more money, because to them, just getting up and going to work, somehow makes them equal to people who put in the effort needed to learn the skills required, to earn more and live a better life than those who did nothing to improve themselves. Lately about 1/2 the U.S puts the blame on higher educated and successful people, for somehow keeping them from the lives thy want, while they ignore the fact, they have never tried to get that life. They also ignore that those successful people don't know they exist, and never will. Maybe their jealous of living check to check, driving a beat up car from the run down place they live, to a dead end job, doing mindless work while wondering why someone won't just give them everything they need to live like the people they see on TV. It's more likely these successful people are just busy living their lives, trying to enjoy the result of the hard work it took to earn it, and can't help other people that couldn't be bothered to help themselves. It's always been and still is, a tiny number highly educated and imaginative people that make advances in medicine, technology and science, that make the world a little better for some, everyone else is just dead weight.
I really love her looks she really look those portraits in paints of historic figures in a modernize way.. I love it so much..
The craftsmanship on the home is beautiful.
What a charming program. Thank you, Vicountess for a really great tour of this beautiful estate. Enjoyed it a lot ❤
Beautiful property! Great story of pride and determination! Best of luck!
🙏from Los Angeles USA ✌️
Jackie Kennedy successfully restored old White House decor to befit the buildings’ importance. She sent out the word and people were quite happy to contribute or sell their period pieces.
One of the things i love about JFKs time as president
Glad that you got your home back ....
Knew Repurt Pitchford ..pitch ..tar ..had on our old place too..😮
Crude oil used to that too..
That was absolutely wonderful, thank you . Just wow! 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
What a magical place indeed.
I live JUST down the road from Pitchford Hall... it's always been there, what more can I say?...
I may not be aristocracy but I can still empathize with losing all of your possessions and home no matter what income level you are. It would be devastating if it had been in your family since the Middle Ages! And all of those bidders scavenging your inheritance--ug! So awful.
I'm really curious about the date on the bell! And I never knew plunge pools were a thing during the Victorian period...fascinating.
Beautiful place!
Love the story! I wish the focus was just a bit sharper. Very blurry on my hand-held devices!
Fascinating!
The countryside is beautiful
SENSATIONAL
Beautiful home
Violet is just a dear!! 😍
Love this video!❤️❤️❤️
The tree house did it for me... Now I can daydream about it always...
Hi From The Bahamas!
Love it!
❤This is fantaaastic!🎉
I'm curious Julie where outside of Chicago would did you live? I'm from Chicago IL and am curious where you grew up at?
Shame on those bankers
.. Oh aren't we soo precious!...
Ooh, aren't we jealous!
No your not jealousy gets no nowhere
HOPE they decide to do a TH-cam channel dedicated to the house's renovation. It will definitely help towards funding the repairs.
Yeah would love to see that and donate at each stage too
Donate to rich people to repair their mansion 😂
That is a great idea. And once the house is renovated, they could lease portion of the house for writing retreats, yoga, etc. Hope they make it...
They have an Instagram!
What a stunning property. I am glad they were able to buy it back into the family.
It should belong to the nation now.
@@patcampton7163I wonder what the Muslims will do with it once they take over 🤔
@@patcampton7163 No.
@@patcampton7163did the nation pay for it.🙄
i'm from working class Oldham, not working due to a disability, still living in the semi detached house my parents bought nearly 50 years ago and i love this stuff, some commenters need to get over their obvious chip on the shoulder bitterness and jealousy.
Yes. I very much agree with you.
I'm so glad you spoke up with such altruism! Cheers!
Or maybe they ought to do something about the cause of such feelings. The rich live off everyone elses hardship.
The gov..steal our wages by threat of imprisonment and spend it on things we want not at all, like millions of violent and aggressive immigrants.
The only people who are allowed to be rich are corrupt, they either work in government or employ the gov.
I think yoid understand their feelings better had you been one of the masses who were forced to sell their parents house to pay for care. Care that had already been paid for out of their wage packets.
Then youd be in some dingy bedsit fighting to get housing benefit .
I have to say, watching this video made me happy. It is one of the best things I have watched on TH-cam.
Pretty amazing that they were able to save this huge piece of human history.
I love the mother. She is so down to earth and a gentle soul, for someone who grew up in an aristocracy. Kind of goofy, but in an adorable way.
People mentioned the bad comments but I don’t see them. I’m glad that I’ve only seen positive ones. Preserving homes is such a monumental task. Only a few minutes in but already love it. (Update) I’ve now seen the negative comments…wow 🤦🏼♀️
Ditto.
I presume they have been removed. ? 😂
No, you just need to sort by new. They're all negative comments 😆
@user-yp2mw2ko9kI made the mistake of reading comments on Instagram once while waiting to pick up my kids. That's where the truly miserable reside. Even under posts about beautiful old trees and dry stack stone walls people were unleashing their frustrations.
@@UndercoverNormieI wish they had a button where one could sort by the interesting and the unhinged. Cheers from balmy Canada.
This place is STUNNING!!! From someone who comes from a massive loud,busy,dirty American city in Wi this place looks like my idea of Heaven. The beautiful land and trees and fresh air and the house 😮 it just kept going and getting bigger and more amazing at every turn.. When Julie said it was like an Alice in wonderland feeling i couldn’t agree more. I felt a Secret Garden meets Alice in wonderland lol I could only dream of seeing a place like this in real life. I am so happy the family was able to get it back and make it stunning again. Those children will have some amazing stories to tell as they get older. And that treehouse 🥰everything about this estate makes me happy. The priest hole and the attics and bell tower the amazing land just WOW!!!!’
As I said earlier in these posts, I'm of American descent, and I appreciate the neighbourliness of my Stateside blood kin and their fellow-citizens. Best Wishes!
What a lucky little boy to be able to grow up in this beautiful , historic, gently-haunted house with all of those amazing grounds to roam. I hope he has lots of cousins and friends to come over. It’s the childhood of dreams. I love dthis episode, amazing!
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So well behaved
Gently haunted ?😂
"gently-haunted" lmao good one, I'd take that over a full on poltergeist.
I am very fortunate that I live in the building my ancestors build between 1720 and 1760.
It’s also a half timbered house, but much smaller (around 280square meters living space) and it is in Germany, not England.
We are regular working folks that had some animals and centuries back there where big ponds that my ancestors tended to and they where the sole fish “producer” of the region.
I am unbelievably grateful that I can live in this amazing house with all the history of my ancestors together with my lovely wife.
It is in perfect living condition, however it’s not in its original state like it was back then.
It got repaired and renovated over the centuries so people can keep living in it.
But the inside of the house, the openly visible half timbered walls, the crooked little rooms etc still show its age on the inside and make it so incredibly comfortable for me.
I really hope that when I have children, at least one of them will continue to live in this house and give it to their children etc.
I want this house to be a place of stability and peace for my extended family (and friends also).
Whenever they want to come somewhere and have it comfortable they can live here.
Whenever a friend needs a place to stay they can stay in our house since we have more than enough space, the whole first floor is fully furnished with bedroom, living room, multiple bathrooms etc which are completely unused, waiting for visitors.
We are definitely not rich, but are fortunate enough to have somewhat good jobs at around 30 so we can’t talk about owning such an incredible mansion, but what we have is still very dear and important to our hearts!
Great story. Yes, hope your children keep the family home going!!
I wish them all the luck!
Amazing 💖
You and your wife are very blessed to be able to live in a family home that many generations live before. Those home are beautiful. And yes you are rich in your heart. ❤ Opening your home to friends and family says a lot about you. God bless you and family. May always be someone in your family to keep the house, tell stories about your ancestors and pass the property to the next generations.
That's awesome.
I love how England has families that have lived in homes for generations and I love all the history there.
I'd have to touch everything and my fingertips would drum all the stories out of the ancient stone.
My ancestors are from there too, but most of them were either murdered or starved by the landed class who own these houses. If we are going to celebrate the history, don't ignore the ugly parts. Millions of bloodlines died out so these types could own these homes. Why is that reality never mentioned?
@@cl5470Because I can bet that people like this still, up to this day think their lives have more value. And history is written by them
This home is way back in my ancestry. My great-grandmother was Anvalyn Pitchford before she married!
It so wonderful that your relatives got it back!
Do you want to visit it ,now its back?❤
@@nelliebly6616 I'd love to, but it's a bit far from Oxford, Mississippi, USA! Definitely not a day trip!!!
@@OxfordHeirlooms My goodness! How the mighty have fallen. Bless your little ole heart, sweetie.
I used to know a farmer Pitchford in Shropshire. I.imagine the name must come from the lord of the Manor.
Wonderful. So happy that lovely family got their home back again. Truly a remarkable property.
It's great that folks in GB use buildings
forever. We in the U.S. misuse land and
buildings, which is depressing to me.
The smithy is magnificent.
What Gracious Hosts.
May they live to great age in good health.
Props to James. So supportive.
we do that too, depends on the building and where it is.
Yes. In US we demolish houses build by renown architects like Craig Elwood. That is what Christ Pratt and Catherine Schwarzenegger just did with the 1950's "Zimmerman House" house built by Elwood, that they bought for 12.5 million.
Yeah, I moved to downtown ish Houston 5-6 years ago and I did notice when I first got here that they have a lot of old brick buildings and homes still in tact. My apartment building is from the art deco era! 💕 I think part of it is that flood and hurricane heavy areas require a certain degree of heft and resilience in the buildings. There are plenty of dilapidated and neglected structures but I think we’ve got more repurposed and preserved buildings in more places than in the average American town and I love it!
Unfortunately it happens here as well. My town had a huge art deco cinema building in perfect condition (because it was used as a very popular bingo hall). The council allowed it to be demolished to build a Lidl in its place.
We don't really have a choice considering planning permission makes it impossible to build anything new. Thats how we got a massive housing crisis.
We moved toShropshire in 1991 and I remember reading about Pitchford passing out of the hands of the family who had been there for centuries….and what a heartbreak it must have been for them.( I can well imagine how I would have felt) …..so it’s wonderful to hear they have got it back. So often these beautiful houses are lost to the people who love them and then terrible things happen…..they end up mysteriously burning down ( insurance!!) This happened to beautiful Parnham in Dorset now a ruin.
Once they started talking about ghosts, I wondered what types. Maybe a business man without trousers, a scout master with an arrow in his neck, a ww2 captain, a house mistress, a caveman, a peasant woman....
😂😂😂
As a Texan living in England for over two decades, many thanks to my fellow Texan for helping to return the painting to its rightful place. It made me so proud to hear of this. I love my home state and fellow Texans but now I’m so honoured to live in this beautiful country I now call home. ❤
Earnest question: why’d you leave?
Why the hell would you leave Texas to live here??
Love…and he loves Texas as much as I love England. Hope this answers your questions gentlemen.
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@@KNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 Im an american but would move from the US to the UK if they would give me the opportunity.
I'm only 5 minutes into this, but already, while I am paying close attention to the conversation, the puppeteering part of me is also delighted by young Edward quietly showing off his puppetry skills with his friend Doggy. Right, on with the video!
Yes!
I found it so cute to see him with his lovely doggy!
I really hope he will never be ashamed of his lovely stuffed friend and keep him with him for his whole life!
Me and my wife still love our cute stuffed animals to this day and nothing could ever take them away from us, they are very dear to our heart!
@@rolux4853 OH YES! We are surrounded by old stuffed friends as well as new ones, because one can never have too many teddy bears. They are dear to both of us, and we are old (but young at heart)! Each one has a name and a personality and you know, sometimes they invite us to their parties and sometimes not.
Anyone else get total Christopher Robin vibes from the little boy? He stole the show in my eyes.
Sweet boy lovely 😊
Blessing to all who have brought or donated pieces back to this historical home. May the family life forever remain and dwell here.
Gorgeous!! It’s like a modern fairy tale (with a lot of elbow grease) that they were able to get it back. I also love that the series hostess is an American Vicountess. Double fairy dust!
Houston is my adopted hometown and Houstonians are famously generous. I would love to know who purchased the painting. What a lovely gift to donate the picture.
I know England has to know what a gift it is to have so much history. I am convinced the years of history are why civility and decorum are so important. England as well as so many countries has seen so much including war within their own country. I can see why it is so important to preserve and learn about history - it is a good teacher for the future.
I would love to see Rowena and James start a you Tube channel. -I think there would be a lot of interest and hopefully some it might bring them extra income❤
I appreciate it ❤
You can tell that this family really loves the house and their history. I hope that they are successful in restoring it and that they get to enjoy it for many more generations.
I enjoyed the whole film. I am especially enamored of the library. I love to read, for a start. I am just so excited about your library! It is so enchanting. It looks like something straight out of a fairy tale. I am excited for you that you got your house back. I hope to get our houses back into the family, like you. Your story inspires me to try to get our family estate back. I am terribly homesick for our houses. I just want to go home.
What a shame that the person who bought that property had no desire whatsoever to preserve the house! It is criminal to allow a historic place like that to fall into ruin. I wonder how much of the land the family got back. It seems that the roof needs repair before anything else. The roof has obviously been leaking for quite a while.
So many beautiful historic places in Europe are being allowed to rot by the EU which holds up the settling of estates for many years as the property just sits there and rots. That was not the case here but on the continent it happens a lot.
I agree entirely that the roof must always be the first thing to fix. But I came to tell you that she said the family never lost the land. They hung onto it all along, so they still have it now. If I knew exactly where that was said I would give you the timestamp, but I don't know where it was. It's definately in the first third of the show.
My thoughts exactly. They've had it five years and the roof is still falling in? It would seem priorities are out of order.
Well the UK is not in the EU anymore thank god but yeah there fixing up the wrong things that roof needs to be the main priority first..
It kills me that her family had to sell the furnishings. But at least she got the home back. This was an amazing video. So fascinating all together. Great tour! Great accomplishment.
It WAS difficult to see the skimpy, rather tattered, mismatched furniture strewn about the house, wasn't it?
Yes it was😢
This is just fascinating history. So happy the family was able to get the property back. It would be such a shame to let this beautiful history go to ruin. Thank you for sharing.
so much pride and love for family and heritage! God bless them as they restore their family memories!
I didn't want this to end... Exquisite house, such kind hosts, presenter's boundless enthusiasm! Every blessing to you all!
So happy for you to get your family home back. Ignore the naysayers. Plow forward and save your family history and Britain's History. It is a big task. God speed on your journey!
Captivating tour! The family is lovely and I adore their passion for Pitchford Hall. The library is a cheerful restoration; so nice to see all of the volunteers come together and put their hearts into the restorations. I look forward to updates.
I enjoyed watching this video. So happy for the family being able to get it back. Great restoration progress. ❤
We had the great good fortune to be able to visit the house in 2019. I hope that visits will once again become possible when J&R feel it's ready to receive us! The optimism, dedication and hard work of the family in restoring this priceless treasure is truly extraordinary. They deserve every success.
We thank them for sharing their home.
The hatred when i owned a castle was noted by most nicer people. Abbey Life frauded me out of it and Government covered them by granting 6 months to sign FSA law with all sins forgiven so i could not take case to court . Owing piles faced bankruptcy or leave England for good. I chose latter . Built house on sharp learning curve. Changed acres of old cow pasture into English art and craft gardens in rural warm Europe and life is now happy again . Justice deserted me in England aged 62 i had to start all over again. Yours Sir Kevin Parr Bt
Perhaps you can still find justice?
Beautiful restoration. I enjoyed learning the methods of using pitch and whitewash. Especially enjoyed seeing the tree house.