Inside the Walls

Sir Smittens · Post by **Sir Smittens** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:59 am

With my castle, I've got a lot of room around the main structures, but inside the walls. Does anyone have any ideas for what to put in that space? I was thinking houses, but I'm not quite sure anymore.

Post by **architect** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:23 am

I have several ideas. Many castles had timber buildings built inside the walls.

You could make: stables, a kitchen, a chapel, an armory, a well, or storehouses just to name a few.

Ben

Jedipawn · Post by **Jedipawn** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:21 pm

Kevin made a helpful list

http://www.classic-castle.com/howto/articles/List.html

Many of these could be used to fit your purpose
Jedipawn

Sir Smittens · Post by **Sir Smittens** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:35 am

Many castles had timber buildings built inside the walls

What's a timber building?

Thanks for the help. I'm not sure why, but the idea of a well really stuck out, and I'm excited (don't ask--again, I'm not sure why) to make it. I don't have any plans for barracks, however, so I want to put tents or mini houses in. I'm running a little short on ideas though. Does anyone have a pic of one or the other? Just something you could build quickly and fit about 5 soldiers in. Ideas would be very helpful.[/quote]

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 3:57 pm

A timber building is a building with the wooden frame. The technique is called Wattle and Daub. The most famous style of this is English Tudor. Most CCC houses are built like this. Dan Siskind's Blacksmith shop is a timber building. And Black Falcon's Fortress has a timber framed wall piece, although usually the material was white.

DM

Post by **architect** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:49 pm

Timber frame construction is also called "heavy timber." Large logs are hewn down into rectangle or square beams and posts. Notches called mortises are cut into the ends of one piece. I matching extension called a tenon is cut into the other piece. These are carefully fit together to make a building - it is a like a giant puzzle. Wooden pegs hold the two pieces together.

A variety of materials can be put inside this framework. Wattle (woven twigs) and daub (a mud clay) were commonly used. The color varied - shades of white and in some cases even yellow:

http://www.uklandscape.net/Darryl-Gill/ ... pshire.jpg

Sometimes bricks were used to fill in the gaps. Missouri river valley French colonials used closely spaced vertical timber's with stone chips inbetween:

http://www.state.il.us/HPA/hs/images/Si ... use_01.jpg

In addition, colonial buildings in the northeast originally had wattle and daub but were covered with shingles or horizontal siding because of the harsh weather:

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/ ... capen1.jpg

All of these buildings look different but they use timber frame construction.

Ben E.