The Victorians were all too aware of social class and this meant that servants (and sometimes children) could be banished to attic bedrooms and nurseries. The 19th century saw something of a heyday for the attic. Rachel travels to Newtown in mid-Wales to see the attics of an unusual early factory and hears about the arduous working lives of the weavers who toiled there. As well as being used for storage or living, attics have often provided working space. At Harvington Hall, Rachel uncovers the role that the Hall’s attics played in the religious turmoil of Elizabethan England. But it wasn’t long before people realised that, as well as being handy for storage, attics could be the perfect hiding place. The building has some of the earliest attics in the country and she finds out about the social changes which led to this innovation in domestic architecture. Rachel reveals the many uses to which attics have been put over the centuries and what this tells us about our history and changes in society.Īttics are a relatively recent development and Rachel starts at the 16th-century King’s House within the walls of the Tower of London. But it can also be a place to preserve precious memories, a refuge, or even somewhere a bit sinister. The attic can be a strange part of the house – somewhere which is rarely visited and often forgotten. Rachel Hurdley climbs up into the attic to discover the hidden meanings behind this shadowy and mysterious part of the home.
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