The cottage was old, half-timbered and hipped-roofed. From Wordnik.com. [The Imaginary Marriage] Reference
The half-timbered building in Northern German style is. From Wordnik.com. [CLICK HERE to read Annette's research on the April 29th, 1944 mission to Berlin.] Reference
She was completing the roof of a half-timbered town hall. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
This in turn brought them to a large, half-timbered house. From Wordnik.com. [The Blackstone Key] Reference
Seyney Park is a half-timbered building of the 15th century. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Scattered through the town are many old half-timbered houses. From Wordnik.com. [Denmark] Reference
Incorporating elements from the famous half-timbered English manor house. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Henry Adams: Can We Learn to Guard Against Our Own Cruelty?] Reference
There remain several picturesque half-timbered houses, dating from 1572 and later. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
It was a sprawling half-timbered place, very picturesque, with diamond-paned windows. From Wordnik.com. [Piranha to Scurfy & Other Stories]
Over the cobblestones, between high, half-timbered walls, through arcades, beneath over. From Wordnik.com. [The Unicorn Trade]
The picturesque half-timbered style of domestic building is frequently seen in the streets. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Then they were on a narrower street that zigzagged through ranks of half-timbered buildings. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
The walls are half-timbered with wood set crosswise in the plaster between two straight rows. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
The bank was gone; in its place was a half-timbered tavern, with great diamond-paned windows. From Wordnik.com. [Clockwork Angel] Reference
Hers is a style called “half-timbered,” with dark beams embedded in its whitewashed walls. From Wordnik.com. [Pies & Prejudice] Reference
Walk along cobblestone lanes flanked with half-timbered houses; some dating back to the 14th century. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Fogwell: The Great German Grape] Reference
Starden Hall was one of those half-timbered houses in the possession of which Kent and Sussex are rich. From Wordnik.com. [The Imaginary Marriage] Reference
He watched her straight swaying figure swing across the lawn and up the steps of the half-timbered inn. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mr. Wrenn] Reference
It was an imposing half-timbered two-story house which did not seem to suffer from its isolated location. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Kevin leaned back against the inn's half-timbered side, the wall chilly on his back, the sun warm on his face. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Of Deception]
The half-timbered youth hostel had long since vanished behind the trees as I gazed forlornly back in its direction. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Lake District] Reference
Around her she saw the tall, narrow half-timbered houses of the village opening broadly to surround a huge marketplace. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty's Punishment]
Jackie and Rachel Robinson would own their 'Mock-Tudor' half-timbered house, built at the close of the 1920s for a decade. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Henry Adams: Protecting the House Where Lena Lived!] Reference
The materials are all local, and the design is old, as "half-timbered houses from the 12th century still exist in Europe.". From Wordnik.com. [Living in Dryden: July 2004 Archives] Reference
Chamcha, off -- balance, staggers back, is crushed by the parting crowd against a fake half-timbered edifice -- what else?. From Wordnik.com. [The Satanic Verses]
The courtyard was hidden by electric gates cleverly fashioned to look like part of the half-timbered buildings on either side. From Wordnik.com. [A Traitor to Memory]
Flandry saw first the tile roof of the manor above shading trees, then its half-timbered brick bulk, at last its outbuildings. From Wordnik.com. [A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows]
He walked up the gravel-covered drive of one such house, detached, half-timbered, as bats flew and darted in the air above him. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
The birthplace was a pleasant, homey, half-timbered building of Warwickshire stone whose door was nearly flush with Henley Street. From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
Crumbling brick tenements and soot-rotted half-timbered edifices leaned against one another in the fog like homeward-bound drunks. From Wordnik.com. [The Silicon Mage]
The village of Birlstone is a small and very ancient cluster of half-timbered cottages on the northern border of the county of Sussex. From Wordnik.com. [Chennai] Reference
In Middle Street is the George Inn, an old half-timbered house, and, opposite, the still older "Castle," said to have been a chantry house. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
The old house reminded Rose of something out of a movie -- a lovely example of ivy-covered brickwork topped by a half-timbered upper story. From Wordnik.com. [Death Stalks The Ruins]
The place looked as if it had once been a barn; all half-timbered and skew-whiff, it had a warm, friendly look and an obviously active restaurant. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
That it was an ancient structure is proved by the fact that when it was demolished, the date of 1480 was discovered on one of its half-timbered bays. From Wordnik.com. [Inns and Taverns of Old London] Reference
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