Estate of Nobility - Furnished and Unfurnished Medieval Castle

If you couldn't tell from my previous uploads, I'm a big fan of Medieval items. I have a medieval neighborhood with a partial feudal system going on. One problem I ran into, however, was that every castle I downloaded for the King's family to live in was either far too big and complicated or far too modern. The castles posted currently are rather beautiful, but slowed down my game to a crawl or were too difficult to play in because of the abundance of rooms. The other problem was that they were often filled with objects/decorations that were much too modern for my medieval family and required a complete overhaul to be acceptable.

An easier solution was to just build a castle myself, one that I would have liked to download, with as little CC as possible, few or no modern amenities, and which is small enough that I can actually play with a large family on the lot.

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I thought it would be most beneficial to give everyone a chance to furnish this lot themselves. Do not be fooled, it is still a huge castle, but I find that it is far simpler than some of the others out there. And hey, if you want to modernize it, go ahead. There is NOTHING inside the unfurnished version. Just lighting and some decorations outside.

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However, if you like things to come in a neat package all set up and ready to play, I have created a COMPLETELY furnished version as well. In the furnished version, you will find, on the ground floor, a medieval kitchen (unfortunately, I could not replace the fridge and stove to be medieval, but if you can forgive me just one trespass, I'm sure you'll see most everything else is to the time),

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a royal dining room complete with kingly banners and tapestries, a living room/study and a bathroom. On the other side of the grand royal staircase, a small booth for the moat watch guard, an exercise room (using Lethe_s's singing sword), a hot spring room, as well as a game room. On the second floor, I have the Royal chambers (master bedroom), an attached study and dressing chamber, a nursery and bedroom for your young maidens. Across the staircase, you will find a second royal chamber, for your heir to the thrown, an empty room to fill as you like, and a bedroom for your young lords as well as a homework/study area. The roof and towers are empty, do with them as you like. The dungeon is equipped with stocks and gallows, with four empty prison cells. The grounds are perfectly manicured and there are two driveways for your carriages.

Normally, I would NEVER dream of posting a lot with so much extra stuff to download, but one thing I know about you medieval simmers is that you probably have all of this stuff in your downloads folders already. If not, I'm sure many of you welcome the additions to help complete the medieval illusion. If you do not wish to download all of these extra items, you are best off with the unfurnished version. Once, again, due to the wishes of creators and size limits, you will have to download these items yourself to get this lot to work correctly.

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I am not sure which expansion packs are needed, so I'm playing it safe and saying all of them. It is possible that you will not need them all but try the lot at your own risk and report here if it works/doesn't work.

ENJOY!

Required Downloads for Unfurnished Lot
Lethe_s - Wall shield and Recolors
WoodforSims Wine Tavern Door - White, brown, default, diagonal
Sunni Sims - Patrician Stair Case in Discreet Concrete
Sim Wardrobe - Arch Column

Custom Content Included (Unfurnished Lot):
- part of the Medieval Chic setwall by Magick Modder Lethe_s by Magick Modders
- part of the Medieval Chic setwall by Magick Modder Lethe_s by Magick Modders
- pflaster by Alle-Meine-Sims2
- Out of the Dark Ages Window by bienchen83
- Prison Bars01 - Dark by frillen
- PrisonGate01-DarkRecol by frillen
- PrisonGate01 by frillen
- Medieval Gothic Balustrade by Marina
- Medieval Gothic fence with column by Marina
- Medieval Gothic fence with column by Marina
- part of the Medieval Chic setwall by Magick Modder Lethe_s by Magick Modders
- part of the Medieval Chic setwall by Magick Modder Lethe_sby Magick Modders
- SimWardrobe_archcolumn_recolor2 by corvidophile2
- UK1967_Medieval_Flag by UK1967

Unfurnished Lot
Lot Size: 4x5
Lot Price: 144.637


Required Downloads for Furnished Lot
Lethe_s - Wall shield and Recolors
Fire protection rune and recolors
Medieval Banner Pack (all)
Singing Sword
Wash Basin and Toilet + Recolors
Dragonhead Desk set and Alchemy Notes
Mortar and Pestle and Wastebucket
WoodforSims Wine Tavern Door - White, brown, default, diagonal
Sunni Sims - Patrician Stair Case in Discreet Concrete
Sim Wardrobe - Arch Column
AvenidaSim - Decorative Books
Sims Design Avenue (formerly CaravanShopSims2) - Medieval bedroom set and nursury set, under Themes (Specific Items Needed = dresser, baby table, crib, toy box , potty, mirror, end table, tapestry 1x2 castle and recolors, tapestry 2x2 chateau and recolors, tapestry 2x3 castle and recolors, tapestry medieval bedroom and recolors, chateau frances xylophone recolors)

Custom Content Included (Furnished Lot):
- 1910 Wall Phone by -Maylin-
- Medieval wall Flagpole by Marina by marinasims2
- Rainy Day Main Street by Taroo
- Out of the Dark Ages Window by bienchen83
- pflaster by Alle-Meine-Sims2
- PrisonGate01 by frillen
- wood3recolmaxiscardtable by BillySIMS139
- Medieval wall Banner by Marina by marinasims2
- Prison Bars01 - Dark by frillen
- Prison Gate01 - Dark by frillen
- "Immobile Chimes" Mobile in Steel by Taroo
- Antique Stove by hed
- "Bowl of Plastic Fruit" by Taroo
- ErgoSupreme Dining Chair by Taroo
- Discourse Dining Table by Taroo
- Pink Flamingo by Lerterimas
- Antebellum Wall Lamp by Taroo
- Rug Recolor by nixie
- Rug Recolor by nixie
- Rug Recolor by nixie
- Japanese Onsen by reica15
- Medieval Gothic Balustrade by Marina
- Medieval Gothic fence with column by Marina
- Medieval Gothic fence with column by Marina
- "Bowl of Plastic Fruit" by Taroo
- SimWardrobe_archcolumn_recolor2v by corvidophile2
- Banner Recolor by marinasims2
- linneas_medieval_bunnyhead_recolor by perdita_x_dream
- linneas_medieval_bunnyhead_recolor by perdita_x_dream
- linneas_medieval_bunnyhead_recolor by perdita_x_dream
- UK1967_Medieval_Flag by UK1967
- UK1967_Medieval_Gallows by UK1967
- UK1967_Medieval_Pottery_1 by UK1967
- 1910WPhoneBaseRedWood by -Maylin-
- slot_accessoryphonewallhandset_ring_fx by -Maylin-

Furnished Lot
Lot Size: 4x5
Lot Price: 314.422

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Notes on Playing the Furnished Lot
After playing this lot for the week, I can say that it came out exactly the way I wanted it to. Because of the stones everywhere, it feels like some of the medieval structures that I have traveled to. The carpets and tapestries complete this feeling. Unfortunately, on some systems, there might be a slight lag, so my best suggestion to get rid of some of the lag is to delete the tapestries that are hard to see anyway when playing with the half-walls option on. I took out every other red tapestry on the back wall behind the stairs, some of the expensive banners by Marina, and some of the tapestries in the dining room and upstairs hall. By no means do you need to get rid of all of them, just some will increase the speed of the game. I've added some pics of my royal family in the castle to my photobucket album, so you can see them in action. The crown prince just had a wedding there and it was gorgeous. Hope you enjoy!

Additional Credits:
Magick Modders for their wonderful medieval collection!
UK1967 for the fabulous medieval sets!
All those who create medieval objects for us to enjoy.

Terms of Use:
Have fun. Post stories here of interesting things that go on in your castle if you so wish. I'd love to know. If you use this lot for a movie or anything else interesting, credit is not necessary but appreciated. Link here so that people can see where you got the lot from and check out your movie. If you like this lot, let me know. If not, let me know why.