"Heating" for small victorian cottage?

As soon as it arrives, I'm building the RGT Victorian Jr. Out of
curiosity, how would such a small cottage have been heated?
Fireplace? Wood stove? Etc?

How were the bigger victorians heated? My dollhouse was destroyed in
a fire last fall (it was assembled and finished, but not furnished) -
insurance settlement was for an assembled and finished dollhouse), and
I plan to get one of the bigger victorians - Harborside mansion,
perhaps. The Victorian jr is my practice house.

(Having fun planning while I wait).

Cathy Weeks

"Cathy Weeks" wrote in message
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As soon as it arrives, I'm building the RGT Victorian Jr. Out of
curiosity, how would such a small cottage have been heated?
Fireplace? Wood stove? Etc?

How were the bigger victorians heated? My dollhouse was destroyed in
a fire last fall (it was assembled and finished, but not furnished) -
insurance settlement was for an assembled and finished dollhouse), and
I plan to get one of the bigger victorians - Harborside mansion,
perhaps. The Victorian jr is my practice house.

(Having fun planning while I wait).

Cathy Weeks

Your best bet is to do a Google search or go to the library and do some
research.
You can't go wrong with fireplaces as they would fit into most time periods.
It's the style of fireplace that would have to match the era.

Carol
S P Miniatures
http://www.spminiatures.com

Cathy Weeks wrote:
As soon as it arrives, I'm building the RGT Victorian Jr. Out of
curiosity, how would such a small cottage have been heated?
Fireplace? Wood stove? Etc?

How were the bigger victorians heated? My dollhouse was destroyed in
a fire last fall (it was assembled and finished, but not furnished) -
insurance settlement was for an assembled and finished dollhouse), and
I plan to get one of the bigger victorians - Harborside mansion,
perhaps. The Victorian jr is my practice house.

(Having fun planning while I wait).

Cathy Weeks
Victorian homes were heated by fires. most small homes would have had a
fire in the kitchen for cooking, with fireplaces in other rooms, but
usually not lit (fuel after all was not cheap). This period saw the
development of a very basic range type oven beside the fire box. Early
victorian roasting was still being done on a spit in front of the fire,
but by the end of the era, ranges which would be quite recognisable
today were popular (especially in the larger establishments) An
interesting source is Mrs Beatons cookbook (that is not the full name,
but I cant lay hands on my copy to check out the full title), she also
has illustrations on what the cooking paraphernalia was like. hope this
helps.
Anne

On 5 Feb 2004 12:44:09 -0800, (Cathy Weeks)
wrote:

How were the bigger victorians heated?

There were a lot of different heating methods, just like today,
really. Furnaces that burned coal and wood, room heaters, boilers and
radiators. Depending on which part of the Victorian period you're
talking about, and the part of the world the house was built in of
course. But as someone else mentioned, you're never wrong with
fireplaces.

A trip the the library is definitely in order, as soon as you decide
on the time and place of your house's style.

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(Cathy Weeks) wrote in message . com...
As soon as it arrives, I'm building the RGT Victorian Jr. Out of
curiosity, how would such a small cottage have been heated?
Fireplace? Wood stove? Etc?

How were the bigger victorians heated? My dollhouse was destroyed in
a fire last fall (it was assembled and finished, but not furnished) -
insurance settlement was for an assembled and finished dollhouse), and
I plan to get one of the bigger victorians - Harborside mansion,
perhaps. The Victorian jr is my practice house.

(Having fun planning while I wait).

Cathy Weeks

They were heated with fireplaces, and later converted to boiler heat,
one of the reasons the dresses of the era were so cumbersome was for
the warmth they provided. I would imagine with 12 foot or higher
ceilings and a typical Winter that these houses were very cold
quarters. If you can find Radiators for each room that would place you
in the later years, but as they started out with fireplaces, you would
still need them in place, along with the corresponding chimney. Most
minnie shops should have a selection of fireplaces for you to choose
from. I make my own, and wire them to look like they are lit, don't
want my dolls getting cold!

Email me if you need sources of fireplace materials, I wouldn't want
to break the rules and tell you here.

(Cathy Weeks) wrote in message . com...
As soon as it arrives, I'm building the RGT Victorian Jr. Out of
curiosity, how would such a small cottage have been heated?
Fireplace? Wood stove? Etc?

I'm not sure how authoritative this is, but here is what I've heard
about how small old houses were heated.

Last year I was living in a place in Nebraska where most of the houses
were new. There was one odd-looking house near where I was living. It
looked new at first glance. But a friend of mine told me that the
house was actually quite old, because the chimney went up through the
center of the roof (instead of along the side of the house). He
explained that this was because the house was heated just by a
fireplace --- actually it was heated by the chimney. The heat would
radiate from the chimney through all the rooms of the house on both
floors, so the chimney had to go up through the middle of the house!

On taking a closer look, I saw that the house only looked new because
it had all new siding. At the bottom some of the old wall of the house
was showing, and sure enough, below the siding the house really did
look like it was over a hundred years old.


Rick K
Malvern, PA
http://LPHRC.org/rmk/Mini
e-mail: rmkq at the domain above.

Anne White wrote in message ...

Victorian homes were heated by fires. most small homes would have had a
fire in the kitchen for cooking, with fireplaces in other rooms, but
usually not lit (fuel after all was not cheap). This period saw the
development of a very basic range type oven beside the fire box. Early
victorian roasting was still being done on a spit in front of the fire,
but by the end of the era, ranges which would be quite recognisable
today were popular (especially in the larger establishments) An
interesting source is Mrs Beatons cookbook (that is not the full name,
but I cant lay hands on my copy to check out the full title), she also
has illustrations on what the cooking paraphernalia was like. hope this
helps.

Yes, thanks.

One question - did they ever have external chimneys? ie. Did they
have the chimney going up the side of the house? Or were they always
inside, and covered up? (With paneling or whatnot)

Cathy Weeks