Her favourite spot is a dimly-lit corridor between the Tudor kitchens and the Great Hall. "I keep thinking I'll turn around and see a Tudor serving boy carrying a platter of roasted meat," she says.

Instead, small kitchens, separate dining rooms, a formal living room (often called the parlor), an entryway, and a foyer are parts of the Tudor layout. Rooms in older Tudors weren’t laid out to ...