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Discovering Timber-framed Buildings (Shire Discovering) Paperback – Illustrated, March 4, 2008

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Half-timbered houses, cottages and barnes are a familiar feature of the landscape, but only rarely do we have an opportunity to see below the surface and understand how they were planned and constructed. Timber-framed buildings catch the imagination of those who work with them because of their beauty, their strength and the quality of the material of which they were English oak. Many thousands of buildings of all ages still remain to remind us the strength of the tradition. This book looks behind the commong image of 'black and white' houses, showing how timber buildings were built and how they vary from region to region.
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    4.03 x 0.32 x 7.07 inches
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    9780747802150
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0747802157
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Shire Publications (March 4, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780747802150
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0747802150
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.03 x 0.32 x 7.07 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 87 ratings

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Angie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2013
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It met my expectation as it has provided me with all the information that I would need to teach my students.
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kzinger
4.0 out of 5 stars This is something for a hobby-ist's shelf
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2013
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First, I enjoyed the book. I was a bit taken aback by the size and the absence of color photos of the book. I did appreciate the attention to detail to how the structures were connected and what areas of England that they could be found in. Having traveled other parts of Europe, I was surprised that the focus was solely upon England. I did find many similarities to the techniques used in Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Bosnia, Croatia, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Normandy, Saxony, Slovakia, and Slovenia, however I am unable to state what periods the techniques used in these areas may have coincided. I did appreciate the stated limitation in that it let me focus on the knowledge of the author and extrapolate it to other areas I had traveled. In the future I plan on using this book as a reference for the construction of models congruent with the time and area. This is both a good modelers and historical-carpenters reference book. My commendation to Richard Harris and his works on this subject.
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NJ Sandy
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was looking for but a very informative ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2015
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Not what I was looking for but a very informative book if you actualy want to build a Timber-framed building. A lot of it was
modern day and not original UK timber-framed. Some picture subjects were too dark. I was looking for 18-19 century
buildings and pictures of the inside and outside. There were a lot of inside shots but they were either ceilings or modern
applications.
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A. Burchfield
4.0 out of 5 stars It's a history book that can be used as a travel guide or detail on a dolls house
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2020
It's kind of a tour guide book to help you find what you're looking for and to help you understand what you're looking at. Lots of history and building detail, much of it you probably wouldn't see if you could tour the house(s) of interest.
I don't remember seeing any dimensions given, probably not enough information given to build your own home. It might be good for a dolls house, lot of wonderful little details that you might miss otherwise. There's even a chapter "Buildings to visit"…makes me want to go see some of them.

Some have commented on the photographs and drawings…the earliest copyright I see is 1978 but the illustrations make me think that in some manner 1908 would be closer to the truth. Page 93, "Further Reading", gives dates in line with the copyright page but I'm still suspicious about the age of most of the book. No websites or addresses that I could find, shouldn't be too hard to track most of them down.

It's a good little book, very interesting, and I want to use it in planning a trip to the UK some day. I'll more likely use it for a dolls house though, it's good for that too.
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Jimi
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! Superb Book and Ultra Fast Delivery
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2023
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This little book cost peanuts and packs a wealth of information.

What's most impressive was it arrived less than 24 hours after ordering

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Simon In Hampshire
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2021
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A small book with a lot of information and very easy to read.
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Phil
5.0 out of 5 stars Great little book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2020
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This is an excellent pocket-size book for anyone who is interested in timber-framed buildings. It describes how the buildings have changed through time and regional variations.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Architecture Studies
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2016
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This is a brilliant book, small and concise, and an absolute must for anyone interested in timber framed vernacular architecture in Britain. A visit to the Weald museum will be on my wish list.
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Peter Howard
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2014
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The book was much smaller in size than I expected but it contained a wealth of useful detailed architectural information.
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