A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1879)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford ; London : J. Parker · leaf 294
Woodperry, Oxon. Timber-built House, or Half-timber House. Timber-bouses were in use at all periods, from the earliest knownrecords to the present time, though stone and brick housesbave gradually become more common. Prom the perish-able nature of the material we have probably no timber-work… … Newgate, York, c. 1380. with the mouldings and ornaments of that style are judgedto be of that time, no perfect timber-house is known eitherof the thirteenth or fourteenth century. A house in theNewgate at York, of this description, is believed to be of thefourteenth century in its main…
Architecture
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
