Timber-framed houses and stone houses in Europe

[ficuscarica]

Majestic dome of Speyer (Palatinate):


and nice house in Speyer:


Maulbronn monastery (Württemberg), mix of stone and timber-frame...





Both the monastery in Maulbronn and the Dome in Speyer are recognized by the UNESCO as world cultural heritage.

[Pallantides]

A few more old houses and buildings from Norway:

[Ouistreham]

Central France has a very specific style, with repetetive X- or diamond-shaped patterns.

Angers (Anjou):





Bourges (Berry), in the very middle of France:









Thiers (Auvergne):



Orléans, maison Jeanne d'Arc:

[ficuscarica]

Central France has a very specific style, with repetetive X- or diamond-shaped patterns.

I love all pictures that have been posted so far, but some of these are especially gorgeous.

[Ouistreham]

The Norman style deserves to be called "half-timbered": there is often less filling matherial than wood! It seems oak timber was cheap back then...

Rouen :









Norman cottage:



Norman mansion:

[Ouistreham]

In Brittany, timber-framed architecture is restricted to old town centres (on the country all buildings are made of stone, in a typically Celtic way), probably reflecting an old divide between Frenchified (or Norman) urban bourgeoisie and Breton peasants.

Dinan old town is wonderful. Pretty standard French timber-framed architecture with obvious Norman influences:

[Catrau]

Portuguese network of historical villages in Central Portugal
Granite houses


Celorico da Beira





Trancoso


Castelo Mendo


Castelo Bom


Sortelha














Óbidos (Estremadura)




http://www.aldeiashistoricasdeportugal.com/

[2Cool]

^^







Forget moving the rocks, just make the rocks part of your house!

lol

[Vasconcelos]

Interesting to note that all of us posted pictures from the Beiras, I suppose they are the most charming (Monsanto was considered "the most portuguese village of Portugal")..but the North has quite a lot of granite buildings (houses) aswell!

[ficuscarica]

I don´t understand why people in Europe were able to build beautiful houses for centuries and it is only in the last 50 years they seem to build predominantly ugly buildings.

Also, the combination of narrow streets and historic houses somehow always looks good... build that on a hill, add some old lamps and a few plants, and voila, a very nice place is created.