单词 | half-timber |
例句 | Then it’s on to Normandy’s fishing villages, which yielded graphite renderings of half-timber houses and boats so refined they might almost be daguerreotypes. Théodore Rousseau Retrospective at the Morgan 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z That these apertures are edged in bands of dark, matte aluminum gives them a terrific graphic punch and adds to the work’s spatial confusion while also introducing hints of Elizabethan half-timber and Caligari-esque Expressionism. Art in Review: Rey Akdogan’s ‘Night Curtain’ at Miguel Abreu 2012-10-11T22:52:06Z The house is built primarily of Indiana fieldstone and brick, and has a gabled section of stuccoed half-timber. Vacant South Bend mansion built in 1898 used to display art 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Inspired by the cottages of Cotswold, England, this whimsical home combines rolled-roof edges, half-timber accents and a large eyebrow-shaped gable above the front porch. The Cotswolds in Pasadena 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z As she spoke, people gazed down from the tiny windows of mediaeval half-timber houses. Merkel kicks off campaign with soothing message to Germans 2013-08-14T17:55:50Z She seemed lost for words as her gaze took in the cobbled streets, the church spires, the marketplace with its Baroque fountain and Holy Trinity sculpture and the half-timber houses. Letter from Europe: A Real Copy of Austria in China 2012-07-25T13:10:05Z The half-timber throughout England is of the most picturesque description, and the earliest examples date from towards the close of the 15th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The Britain of 1600 was a country of fortified manors, battlemented castles, thatched and wattled farmhouses, picturesque chimneystacks, half-timber work, winding tower staircases, and tracery-windowed abbeys, minsters, and little parish churches. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z Throughout England, in half-timber work, wood corbels abound, carrying window-sills or oriels in wood, which also are often carved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" An Elizabethan theater was a three-story building of wooden or half-timber construction. An Introduction to Shakespeare Gwilt describes a half-timber building as "a structure formed of studding, with sills, lintels, struts, and braces, sometimes filled in with brick-work, and plastered over on both sides." Memorials of Old London Volume I He found a pretty half-timber house lying back from the road, with a neat semi-circular gravelled path leading to a porch covered thick with Virginia creeper. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol In this Cottage Period about which we have been reading the general manner of framing structures was to either cover the framework or make "half-timber work." Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century 2011-09-03T02:00:17.897Z They could hardly tear themselves away from Anne Hathaway's thatched, half-timber cottage at Shottery, with its carved, four-post Elizabethan bedstead, its garden full of rustic flowers, and its ingle-nook where perhaps Shakespeare sat to woo. A harum-scarum schoolgirl A modern house of stucco and half-timber construction preferred. How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence Parker defines a half-timber house as having "foundations and the ground floor only of stone, the upper part being of wood." Memorials of Old London Volume I The oriel window cast its slowly moving shadow on the half-timber walls; and the many lattice casements, with their small diamond-shaped panes, glistened in the sun as in the days gone by. Cobwebs and Cables This picturesque building of stone, wood, half-timber work, and tiled roofs is a little to the east of the Minster. Life in a Mediæval City Illustrated by York in the XVth Century It was a glorious old mansion, built partly in half-timber and partly in grey stone, with an embattled tower for entrance, and a stone bridge crossing the moat that encircled the walls. A harum-scarum schoolgirl It is in the Elizabethan style, with half-timber frame and sagging tile roof. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland One meaning of "half-timber" is trunks of wood split in half; but this is used mainly in connection with shipbuilding. Memorials of Old London Volume I Jamestown house types: simple frame, half-timber, brick, and row. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America It was obviously of a date not later than the sixteenth century, and I guessed that the rough-cast probably concealed a half-timber work structure. The Jervaise Comedy Our wealthy citizens are building châteaux in the style of Francis I or of somebody else, Venetian or Florentine palaces, Roman villas, Flemish guild-halls, Elizabethan half-timber houses. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 10, October 1895. French Farmhouses. The whole house was a fine specimen of East Anglian half-timber work. Vanishing England One writer states that half-timber work is so called "because the timbers which show on the face are about the same width as the spaces between." Memorials of Old London Volume I The timbers were made of tough ash and hickory, one inch by half an inch square, and a foot apart, with a "half-timber" of smaller size between each two. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 The fugitives found temporary security at another recusant house a few miles from Scotney, possibly the old half-timber house of Twissenden, where a secret chapel and adjacent "priests' holes" are still pointed out. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. We left a new steward in the great half-stone and half-timber house, with house-carles enough to see that none harmed either him or the place, and so came back to Norton. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex Part of the house is built of stone and part half-timber, but a coat of thin plaster covers the stonework and makes it conform with the rest. Vanishing England With these different definitions there is no wonder that popular ideas as to what a half-timber house actually is are rather hazy. Memorials of Old London Volume I The cream-washed walls are broken up by the richly mellowed half-timber work, and above is the roof of grey green Horsham slabs splashed over with bright orange lichen. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association Before the old seat of the Whitgreaves was restored some fifteen or twenty years ago it was one of the most picturesque half-timber houses, not only in Staffordshire, but in England. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. I favor gray stucco, Betsy leans to brick, and Percy, half-timber. Dear Enemy The upper part of walls will be faced with red tiles and half-timber work, and the roof will be covered with Staffordshire tiles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 The use of half-timber work in the construction of London houses indicates a desire to make the greatest possible use of the space at the disposal of the builder. Memorials of Old London Volume I Canterbury teems with interesting relics of the past, and weeks may be spent in its old-world streets, where one is continually coming across unexpected little bits of half-timber work, weather-beaten gables, and grotesque oak carving. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association |
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