Grew up in a 15th century farm house that was built decades before Columbus set sail and re-discovered the Americas. A few years ago the wife and I were contemp

Grew up in a 15th century farm house that was built decades before Columbus set sail and re-discovered the Americas. A few years ago the wife and I were contemplating buying a property in England where the realtor enthusiastically explained that "the plumbing was modernized in the 16th century."