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 ...
Half Timbered
This is a medieval building style that uses very large pieces of hardwood, often oak, which are cut in half to form the structural elements or frame for the building.
Elizabethan, Tudor, Half-Timbered
2 stories
This is another of the many Revival Style houses of the early 20th century.
timber
Large wooden boards used in creating the structure of a wall.
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TIMBER FRAMING
Method of construction where the walls are built of timber framework with the spaces filled in by plaster or brickwork. Sometimes the timber is covered over with plaster or boarding laid horizontally.
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-Timbered
From our Architecture Dictionary, definition of the term Half-Timbered, with examples of half-timbered construction.
HardiPlank and HardiPanel ...
Half timbering - A method of construction in which the wooden frame and principal beams of a building are exposed, and the spaces between them are covered with plaster or masonry. Usually used in domestic architecture.
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-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 (9) -- constructed of wooden framework with spaces filled by stone, rubble, or mudbrick (Biers, 336)
hammer-dressed (6)
hegemony (18) -- preeminence of one group over others ...
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.' ...
Timber is traditionally classified as hardwood, taken from broad leaved deciduous trees, or softwood, from conifers. Once wood began to be imported from outwith Europe, the description proved innacurate.
Timber-framed construction in which vertical and horizontal members support the roof. Also concrete construction in which the loads are taken on cross-walls; also called cross-wall construction.Box girderA large beam of hollow-box section.
Timber palisade used to strengthen earthwork defences
Brewhouse
building or room where ale was brewed ...
TIMBER FRAMED HOUSES - Built with load bearing timber, generally brick faced.
TINGLES - Metal clips to re-fix slipped slates.
TRANSOM - Horizontal bar of wood or stone across a window or top of door.
a timber plank, often carved, fixed to the edge of a gabled roof at a short distance from the face of the wall, to protect projecting timbers.
Bolection moulding ...
A timber laid longitudinally along the top of a building wall to receive the ends of the rafters. In a timber framed building the posts and studs of the wall below are tenoned into it.
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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 ...
Wood or timber "decking" can be used in a number of ways - as part of garden landscaping, to extend living areas of houses, and as an alternative to stone based features such as patios.
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.
In Syria, timber from the forests of Lebanon was often used for roofing.
Joist A timber or steel beam directly supporting a floor or a ceiling. Steel beams are usually referred to as RSJs (rolled steel joists).
Tanalised timber - Timbers used in construction, typically for floor joists, which have had tanalith-oxide preservative driven into their cellular structure under pressure.
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Walls: Half Timbering, patterned wood shingles, patterned stick-work on walls
Parapet on gabled roof
Side-gabled, front-gabled or hipped with cross gables Roof: Steep pitch,
gabled or shaped dormers
round (sometimes square) towers ...
JOIST A timber stretched from wall-to-wall to support floorboards.
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KEYSTONE A wedge-shaped or tapered stone placed at the top of an arch or vault. In vaulting it occurs at the intersection of the ribs of a ribbed vault.
Bled Timber - Timber from yellow pine trees that have been tapped for resin, usually inferior to other timber
Bleed - To blow off or purge gases from a pipe caring a liquid
Bleed Valve - A valve for bleeding gases from a pipe ...
Decorative half-timbering present
Steeply pitched roof, usually side-gabled
Tall, narrow windows, common in multiple groups, and with multi-pane glazing ...
BALLOONWORK Timber-frame construct ion, in which upright studs run from sill to eaves amid horizontal pieces are nailed to them.
BALUSTRADE A railing with posts or balusters and a handrail.
Wall Plate: Timber placed at the eaves of a roof, to take the weight of the roof timbers.
Wastepipe: Drainage pipe for baths, basins, wc's ...
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 ...
3. (= building timber) → viga f
B. VT (= thwart) → impedir; (= miss) → perder, no aprovechar
we were balked of the chance to see it → perdimos la oportunidad de verlo ...
Bar Hole: Horizontal hole for timber bar used as a door-bolt. Barrel Vault: Cylindrical roof; The simplest form of a vault, consisting of a continuous surface of semicircular or pointed sections.
Often used to ventilate the underside of timber ground floors, fireplaces or a roof space.
Apron - a metal strip, usually lead or zinc, used as a seal. Often fitted to chimney stacks and tile hanging. Also a section of wall below a window.
for some reason not carried above the roof, possibly from some doubt as to the expediency of raising stone lanterns and spires of great weight on the four piers of the crossing; on the other hand their places were taken by constructions in timber ...
Although it has become scarcer, timber remains an important building material. In other areas, stone and marble were chosen for important monuments because they are fireproof and durable.
from the outside wall, forming a bow window if curved, a faceted window or bay if angled, an oriel window if suspended above ground level, or a conical bay if its roof is cone-shaped Beam A large horizontal support - may be of solid timber, ...
In some cases an attempt, and a successful one, was made to dispense with the vault entirely, as at Hexham, Tynemouth, and Whitby, where in each instance the timber roof of the Anglo-Norman abbey was retained, ...
Coined in England to describe buildings supposedly inspired by pre-Georgian, late Medieval styles with half-timbered and/or masonry. Richard Norman Shaw: most prominent architect in England to promote Queen Anne.
the altar of the Blessed Mary), and they had been shut up there, not daring to go back out because of the fire now raging, they were so preserved from mortal danger under the protection of the Blessed Mary that neither did the rain of burning timbers ...
These are supported by a curved piece of timber, arching out. These then support a vertical timber, a hammer-post and another arched timber.
Watari yagura mon: The largest kind of Japanese castle gateway, which consisted two story timber frame structure, where the lower story incorporated the entrance, ...
The defining characteristics are half-timbering on bay windows and upper floors, and facades that are dominated by one or more steeply pitched cross gables.
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.
Stringers - A long piece of timber in a construction, especially a heavy and principal one, usually horizontal.
Stud - One of a series of slender wood or metal structural members used as supporting elements in walls and partitions.
Due to vandalism, and the increasing number of artifacts that were buried with wealthy kings, the pit became a rectangular hole lined with mud bricks or timber.
joist One of a series of parallel timber beams used to support floor and ceiling loads, and supported in turn by larger beams, girders, or bearing walls; the widest dimension is vertically oriented.
Barrel vault: semicircular roof of stone & timber
Bartizan: overhanging corner turret
Bastion: a small tower at the end of a curtain wall or in the middle of the outside wall ...
Braces
Curved or angled pieces of wood used to strengthen a roof or other timber structure.
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, ...
BARGEBOARD: a board trim that is usually carved and projects from the gable line of a roof, used to hide the ends of the horizontal roof timbers. (IMAGE) ...
Interior view #2 of dome hall
Interior view of dome timbers
Interior view of entry hall
Interior view of game room
Interior view of King's bedroom
Interior view of library
Interior view #1 of wing
Interior view #2 of wing ...
Not a true dome, it is usually made of a timber substructure sheathed in lead, copper or tiles. open-heart molding (Brit. open-heart moulding).
 See also: House, Architecture, Brick, Frame, Ground
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