Timberframed buildings are a distinctive and treasured part of Britains heritage with such noteworthy examples as Little Moreton Hall Anne Hathaways Cottage and Lavenham Guildhall. The oldest are medieval but their numbers peaked in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with a revival in the nineteenth. The majority of timberframed buildings are houses but wood was used in all kinds of other buildings including shops inns churches town halls and farm buildings. In this beautifully illustrate