This website makes references to a number of terms that may not be familiar to you. Use the links below to explore this glossary.

 

Half-Timbering

method of construction where the spaces in a timber-frame wall are filled with rubble or brickwork; or where the appearance of this construction is achieved by applied surface decoration

 

Head

uppermost part of a structural opening

 

Heritage

that which has been conveyed from the past, or handed down through time by tradition

 

Hip Roof

roof sloped on all four sides

 

Hipped Gable Roof

gable roof with a hipped eave

 

Hipped Gambrel Roof

gambrel roof with a hipped eave