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-timbered -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-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.' ...
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.
The half-timbered Watts-Sherman house, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, built at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1874 is generally considered to be the first American example of the style.
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.
A very well-known example of the idealised half-timbered style is Liberty & Co.
Tudor - of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century; "half-timbered Tudor houses"; "Tudor furniture"
Translations ...
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.
The Cape Cod originated in the early 18th century as early settlers used half-timbered English houses with a hall and parlor as a model, and adapted it to New England's stormy weather and natural resources.
 See also: Half-timber, Timber, House, Architecture, Tudor
  
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