Timber framing on the European mainland.

[The Lawspeaker]

We have already seen the English Tudor-style. Now let's go to the Continent and look for some wonderful samples there. I found a nice picture page on wikimedia of Low German examples.

The Fachhallenhaus is the most widespread type of traditional farmhouses in northern Germany and southeastern Netherlands. The term can be translated with department hall house. Originally all indoor life of men and animals took place in corners of one large hall, forming the ground flour of the house. The attic above served as the barn. Later some chambres and at last even a kitchen was separated from the large hall.

Some Dutch examples:

[The Lawspeaker]

And another example:

[The Lawspeaker]

Some Danish examples:

[Bloodeagle]

I have become obsessed recently with timber framed structures. Many historical architectural styles take their look from these massive wooden structures, which were common before the advent of the modern stick frame. Unlike today's stick framed contruction, timber framing requires the use of highly skilled carpenters to achieve its cabinetry like detail.
Timber framing (German: Fachwerk literally "framework"), or half-timbering, is the method of creating structures utilizing heavy timbers jointed by pegged mortise and tenon joints.

In architectural terminology it can be defined as: a latice of panels filled with a non-loadbearing material or "nogging" of brick, clay or plaster, the frame is often exposed on the outside of the building

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Some examples of historical timber framed structures. German fackwerk


Steakhaus Frohsinn, Uttwil, Switzerland.


Heavy timber roof at Westminster Hall in London.

Old home in Boppart, Germany

Merchant Adventurers Hall, York, UK The oldest surviving medieval guild hall in northern Europe. 1357-1361

[Albion]

I like those Danish examples.