I live in one end of 15th Cent. hall house and love it, every morning i walk down stairs and stare at marks made by carpenters 600 years ago and think to myself "Wow".
Looking up into the attic the remaining white/grey panels are 600 year old hazel twigs covered in horse and cow poop and straw !!
When Columbus rolled up and 'discovered' America our house had folk living in it, thats some thought isn't it ?