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Author Topic:   heating AngelsSnowboard Member posted 02-16-2002 08:15 PM             how did castles stay warm, or did they, because i read it was warmer to stay in a small house than a castle Erik Schmidt Senior Member posted 02-17-2002 01:15 AM             Castles were heated the same way small houses were in medieval times, with an open fire. The fire may have been lit in the centre of the room or in a fireplace in the wall, depending on time period. The difference is that castles were larger and had very thick walls(thermal mass), so it took much more to heat a castle than a small house. Erik Merlin Moderator posted 02-22-2002 11:08 AM             In smaller castles there was also the option to place the living quarters directly over the stables to use the warmer air coming from the animals, which is also a common system at many old farmhouses. Not every room in a castle had a fireplace - often this was only the kitchen and the hall.

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