Half-timber

Half-timber(ed)(ing)

Having a timber framework with the spaces filled with masonry or plaster
Nogging: brick masonry used to fill the spaces between the members of a timber frame ...

A half-timbered building has exposed wood framing. The spaces between the wooden timbers are filled with plaster, brick, or stone.

Most Elizabethan, Half-Timbered, or Tudor Revival houses have these features:
2-2.5 stories
steep gabled roofs
half-timbering and stucco
small leaded glass windows ...

half-timbering
In late medieval architecture, a type of construction in which the heavy timber framework is exposed, and the spaces between the studs filled with wattle-and-daub, plaster or brickwork.

Half-Timbering A means of construction exposing the heavy timbers with spaces between
beams filled sometimes with brick or a stucco substance.
Header The end of a brick, sometimes glazed.

Half-Timbering
A construction method in which vertical and horizontal timbers make up the frame of the wall, which is then filled in with plaster or brick. A defining element of Tudor-style homes.
Hearth ...

Half-timber - The common form of medieval construction in which walls were made of a wood frame structure filled with wattle and daub.
Hall - Principal room or building in complex.

half-timbered In early building, a wall constructed of timber with the spaces between the members filled With masonry (in French, colombage pierroté).
horror vacui An over-crowded, busy design, the result of a 'fear of emptiness.' ...

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From the 1880s onwards Tudorbethan concentrated more on the simple but quaintly picturesque Elizabethan cottage, rather than the brick and battlemented splendours of Hampton Court or Compton Wynyates.

Half-timber - A framed construction method where spaces between members are filled with masonry.
Hanger - A formed sheet steel device that anchor together floor framing members that meet at right angles.

half-timbering - wall construction in which spaces between wooden timber framing are filled with brick, stone, or other material; used decoratively in 20th century houses
head - the top of the frame of a window or door ...

The Half-Timbered type was more common in the northeastern states. The main identifying characteristic is the half-timbering found on upper story wall exteriors and in the gables. Another common feature was window groups.

Decorative half-timbering present
Steeply pitched roof, usually side-gabled
Tall, narrow windows, common in multiple groups, and with multi-pane glazing ...

decorative half-timbering - non-structural timbers placed on brick or stucco walls
dentils - small square blocks found in a series on many cornices or moldings
Doric order - classical fluted columns with simple, plain capital and no base ...

This house has half-timbered elements, a gabled roof, a jerkin-head roof on the dormer, plain vergeboarding, and leaded multi-paned glass. The doorway is a Tudor arch with a hoodmold, a carved reveal, and decorative molding.

The tudor house plans of centuries ago were true half-timbering houses where the timber was the structural support extending through the walls. The space between the timber was then filled with lathe and stucco.

Timbering - (Refer: Half-timbering)
Tobin tube ventilators - System of ventilation developed by Mr Tobin of Leeds, England in 1874 and installed in most schools in Victoria from 1876.

Half-timberingArchaic term for timber framing. Sometimes used for non-structural decorative timberwork.Hall-churchA church with nave and aisles of approximately equal height.

The most dominant features of the Tudor Revival are the half-timbering (false or only decorative) that covers the upper stories and the very steeply pitched roof.

Tudor - of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century; "half-timbered Tudor houses"; "Tudor furniture"
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The style is identified with steeply pitched roofs, half-timbering often infilled with herringbone brickwork, tall mullioned windows, high chimneys, jettied (overhanging) first floors above pillared porches, dormer windows supported by consoles, ...

Half-timbered - Having a timber frame then filled around with rough material and plaster.
Hammer beam - Short beam projecting near the top of a wall to support one of the rafters of the roof, making a tie beam unnecessary.

Throughout England, in half-timber work, wood corbels abound, carrying window-sills or oriels in wood, which also are often carved. A "corbel table" is a projecting moulded string course supported by a range of corbels.

In half-timber construction, a quickly erected wooden frame was infilled with wattle and daub (twigs and plaster) or brickwork. Monastic barns and municipal covered markets necessitated large braced wooden frames.

See also: Timber, House, Architecture, Half-timbering, Gable