A house in which the major structural components were huge timber

timber-framed house with terminology for many structural members

posts and beams or girts. The space between these structural timbers was usually filled with brick, plaster, mud, wattle-and-daub, or the like. The exterior of the building was often coated with hard plaster and then sheathed with weatherboarding, or covered with slates or shingles as protection against the penetration of rain and to provide improved thermal insulation.

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