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Harmondsworth Barn
Renown as the largest timber framed building in England, the Harmondsworth Barn is considered a marvel of medieval carpentry. As an early 15th century structure, it was famously described by the poet John Betjeman as the ‘Cathedral of Middlesex’. The Grade 1 listed barn was […]
Aborfield Barn
The Aborfield barn from the 1500 utilises a typical medieval cruck frame structure. It was dismantled in 1977 and rebuilt as a museum in 1980 at the Chiltern open air museum where it currently stands. CRUCK FRAME STRUCTURE Cruck Frame construction was a typical wood […]
Akasuka House
In Nara prefecture there are many old residual houses which date back to the 17th century. The Akasuka residence in the city of Gose, is a townhouse which operated as an oil shop. The construction age is considered to be the end of the 17th […]
Hirose House
The hirose house is a late 17th century house from the Ymanashi prefecture before relocation to Japan open-air folk house museum. The structure employed in the Hirose house is typical of the folk houses of the Kōfu Bain. Typically, their gabled roofs are held up […]
