Excuse me!!! Castles are just as time specific as houses and clothes!!!!! The problem is that most people are not concientious enough to do research. I've seen far too many castles with Norman windows, Roman arches, and Gothic columns (and other wild combinations). ::ptui!:: Putting a coat of paint on a mishmash and calling it "Tudor" is something even most fantasy artists know better than to throw to the unlettered masses. Even the Victorian follies weren't that sloppy and haphazard. Now a village from a specific time and place would allow for accuracy AND variety. Suppose that you did an Old West town. You'd need a blacksmith/farrier's, bank, church, school, saloon, inn, general store, barber shop, milliner, druggist, and a dozen houses of various importance and size. A medieval Chinese city, Victorian village, Rus trading town, Greek City-State, whatever, would have different types of structures, but the same sort of variety according to purpose AND you would have integrity in the assembly. Carolly