Dendrochronology in Dating Timber Framed Buildings and Structures
Timber framing German: Fachwerk , literally “framework” , or half-timbering , is the method of creating structures utilizing heavy timbers jointed via pegged mortise and tenon joints. In architectural terminology it can be defined as: a latice of panels filled with a non-load bearing material or “nogging” of brick , clay or plaster , the frame is often exposed on the outside of the building [1]. One of the first people to use the term half-timbered was Mary Martha Sherwood — , who employed it in her book The Lady of the Manor , published in several volumes from She uses the term picturesquely:. Perversely, Sherwood does not use it equally for all timber-framed buildings, for elsewhere she writes:. By , the term “half-timbered” had found its way into The Encyclopedia of Architecture by Joseph Gwilt — Projecting ” jettied” upper storeys of an English half-timbered village terraced house, the jetties plainly visible.
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