Elizabethan architecture was well known for its huge mansions for the wealthy, the shaped structure houses for the middle class, and the extremely small, but cozy houses for the poor. (Ross, 151) Some houses were sturdier and stronger than houses owned by the wealthy and middle class today. (Andrews, 21) The architecture of Elizabethan England started to change drastically in the late 1500s due to the end of the civil wars in the late 1400s. (Andrews, 19) The material they used also changed due to the war's end. English citizens had extremely narrow windows, and in some cases, no windows, because of the war. At the war's end, however, people were freer to make their homes as they wanted without being afraid of the consequences of the war. (Andrews, 19) In Elizabethan England, the lower class used cheap wood and their homes had a very basic structure. The high class and middle...