English Historic Carpentry

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780941936415
• ISBN10: 0941936414
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Linden Publishing

Summary

Documents the structure of the world's greatest timber buildings, and shows how the framer's craft has evolved over the past 1,000 years.

Table of Contents

List of Plates	vi	(1)
Glossary	vii	(6)
Bibliography	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
1 The Anglo-Saxon Period (A.D. 449 to 1066)	5	(30)
2 The Norman Period (c. 1050 to c. 1150)	35	(24)
3 The Great Transition (c.1150 to c.1200)	59	(16)
4 The Early English Period (c.1150 to c.1250)	75	(30)
5 The Decorated Period (c.1250 to c.1350)	105	(68)
6 The Perpendicular Period (c.1350 to c.1450)	173	(34)
7 The Tudor Period (c.1450 to c.1550)	207	(24)
8 The Renaissance and After (1581 to 1890)	231	(32)
Appendix	263	(62)
1 Scarf joints in chronological succession	263	(10)
2 Forms of post-head and tying joints for tie beams	273	(6)
3 Joints used for the framing of floors	279	(10)
4 Lap joints for secondary purpose (such as bracing)	289	(8)
5 Posts having carved capital and base treatments	297	(12)
6 String- or band-type mouldings	309	(8)
The development of storey posts	317	(1)
The development of mortises	317	(1)
Some technological changes illustrated by the examples	318	(1)
Carpenters' mouldings	319	(1)
The succession of roof designs	320	(3)
The succession of house types	323	(2)
Conclusion	325	(2)
Index	327
Grace Holmes