When it comes to picking an aesthetic for towns inMinecraft, medieval is one of the most obvious choices. With the types of blocksMinecrafthas to offer and their relative ease of gathering, a medieval look is the best fit for the game’s style.
Generating many different ideas for houses can be tough, though, and new players especially will be looking for house designs that are a little more than pointy boxes of wood and stone. Thankfully, theMinecraftcommunity is a massive and welcoming one, with plenty of fresh ideas out there for players to take inspiration from
Updated May 22, 2025 by Stephen LaGioia:Minecraft has truly grown and flourished over many years, starting as a fairly crude (but still robust) indie project in its alpha state to one of the most expansive, enriching sandbox games out there. Naturally, as this community-focused game continues adding more features and gamers increasingly flex their creative muscle, more and more impressive buildings continue showing up.To better help showcase some of thebest Medieval Minecraft House Designs, the following list has been updated with new entries.
A Nice Mid-Sized Option
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This property serves as a nice bridge for those who want to make the leap from smaller structures to far more detailed, elaborate buildings.
This mansion sports a fairly simple, clean look that isn’t too overwhelming, yet there’s no shortage of detail and elegance. The designer utilizes various types of stone, deepslate, wood, and even grass blocks, which bring a bit of simplicity and adds a cool rustic vibe.
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A Fine Way To Complete One’s Kingdom
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This incredible palace design by BlueNerd on YouTube truly flexes some creativity and dedication. The palace exterior is simply brimming with luxurious detail and towers above all else with a recognizable castle silhouette. One could spend hours just taking the tour and playing around within this palatial estate, while not having to worry about any foes around its extensive gates.
As one might expect, an absolute wealth of different materials (though cobblestone and brick make up the bulk of it) — and likely several hours — are required to craft this beauty. However, those few players that brave this undertaking should find the triumphant results worthwhile.
For The True Minecraft Architects
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A build doesn’t have to be huge to be impressive. Some smaller creations and homes are even more impressive because builders manage to pack a serious amount of detail into a much smaller space.This Medieval-inspired home from Phelps_Builds on Redditis a prime example.
By using an array of different blocks, rotations, and colors, Phelps_Builds was able to craft an easy-to-follow tutorial that will show players how to easily piece together a showy and architecturally detailed Medieval Minecraft house.
Farming Has Never Been So Fun
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Those who enjoy building expansive farms and gardens may want to consider putting up a Medieval Barn as a decoration or living space. There are a handful of good Medieval Barn designs out there butone of the best comes from Youtuber Enchanted.Architecture.
This tutorial walks players through the process of building this barn from the ground up, showcasing immense detail work both inside and out. The possibilities for this build are endless, as players can utilize the outside shell and fill the inside with anything they like, from animals to their own custom living quarters.
Sometimes Less Is More
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Basic wood and stoneare the most useful materials when building in this style because they easily stick to the real-life buildings of the time. Knowing how to properly mix the two is key to getting the most of the style, and this design is perfect for that.
The stone base gives everything a solid foundation and establishes the basic materials. However, it doesn’t overwhelm the design with boring grey. Instead, the wood takes over the design as it goes upward, mixing light and dark to allow the framework and the walls to complement each other. The roof can be made with either bricks or lighter wood, but both have a strong sense of color while keeping true to the style.
A Quick Way To Fill Out One’s Colony
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Despite beingfairly simple objects, wells can be quite difficult to make look good, as the wells inMinecraft’sNPC villages make clear. This is for a couple of reasons. One, wells are traditionally round, somethingMinecraftisn’t quite equipped for. Secondly, they’re very small, and it’s hard to get any kind of detail in such a small building.
This design makes the most out of a 3 x 3 design by using a large variety of small and thin blocks. The only whole block in the entire design is the stone brick around the base. Everything else utilizes walls, fences, half-slabs, and even trapdoors to keep everything at a good scale without feeling weird and bulky. This design can even be scaled up with little effort for those who want something more substantial.
For Those Who Wish To Pray To The Minecraft Gods
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Often the biggest and grandest building in any medieval town (aside from the castle), the church is typically the only place where every resident of the town will regularly gather. That means it’s got to be big and beautiful on both the inside and outside.
This design achieves that brilliantly by stuffing every nook and cranny with texture and detail. While it’s predominantly made of grey blocks, the brown highlights of the wood keep it interesting, and even the plain-grey surfaces are broken up with in-dents and pillars, never letting the design settle and grow dull. What’s more is all of the techniques are fairly simple and only require players to place a few stairs and half-slabs in the right arrangement, meaning anyone can do it with a bit of know-how.
For Humble Minecraft Builders Seeking Simple Living
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Starting with the basics, this house is a simple and nice-looking example of many of the techniques that make medieval buildings in Minecraft. The white walls (made with either Terracotta or Concrete) combined with dark wooden highlights are a key part of this style.
On top of that, it’s an easy introduction to one of the most challenging aspects of these buildings, the rooves. Building a set of stairs from either side to meet in the middle is all well as good, but this building is a simple example of how to mix stairs and normal blocks to make something more interesting to look at, as well as the choice of color. This particular design will require someNether wood, but that should be no trouble for players in the mid-game.
A Fairly Easy Way To Show Off One’s Status
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This house takes the same techniques as before but makes them a bit bigger and more complicated for a much grander design. This is a perfect house design for any high-status area of a town, away from the peasantry and general populous.
Using Stone Bricks instead of White Concrete, the wooden logs are used to give the building outside scaffolding that was often in these buildings around that time. Additionally, using fences instead of glass for windows is more time-appropriate, as glass was an expensive commodity.
Thematically Fitting
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When thinking of commercial buildings to dot around a medieval town, a blacksmith is a must-have. Blacksmiths weren’t quite as common a fixture in towns as media would have people believe; they often lived and worked in the local barracks/castle. However, it just wouldn’t feel right without some friendly bearded man out by his house, hitting some heated metal with a hammer.
This design uses the white and wood technique on the building but builds a stone tier into the bottom. This gives the idea that the bottom floor could be the blacksmith’s store, while the top is where they live. Additionally, the outside area shows how many ofthe game’s workbenchescan be used for decorative purposes. This is a design where players could potentiallyuse some neat modsto make the whole thing even more intricate.
