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:
Characteristic of Medieval buildings when the beams held the buildings up and the spaces between them were filled with plaster.
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 ...
[edit] Half-timbering
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-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 ...
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
Steeply pitched roof
Prominent cross gables
Tall, narrow windows
Small window panes
Massive chimneys, often topped with decorative chimney pots
About the Tudor Style: ...
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 ...
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.
Tudor style homes have many of these features: decorative half-timbering, steeply pitched roof; prominent cross gables, tall, narrow windows; small window panes; massive chimneys, often topped with decorative chimney pots.
This style is typically identified by a steeply pitched roof which is usually side-gabled, parapeted gables, and decorative half-timbering combined with stucco, brick or stone exterior walls.
This has real, not pseudo, half-timbering, with an outward-curving ceiling entrance and hand- carved brackets. The interior of the house was equally authentic with solid oak wall panels and hand carved newel posts.
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.
This is another of the many Revival Style houses of the early 20th century. Half-timbering was characteristic of buildings in Medieval Europe (5th -14th centuries) when beams held up buildings and the spaces between the beams were filled with sticks ...
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, ...
 See also: Timber, Half-timber, Gable, House, Architecture
  
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