Wood Clapperboard Cottages at Heybridge

[Denis]

[CMunzel]

That’s a lovely image, Dennis. I guess these are what we call weatherboards here. 

[Paul]

Looks like it needs some creosote...

Paul.

[Denis]

42 minutes ago, Paul said:

Looks like it needs some creosote...

Paul.

The environment people would love you Paul

[Clicker]

I  have read that  clapboards were usually made of hardwood  such as oak and originally were split as opposed to sawn .. They remind me a lot of American  colonial style architecture. How old are they?    Are they used as a form of cladding over bricks  Denis?   Is creosote still a legal  product  Paul ? 

[Denis]

I am led to believe they are timber framed houses and the inside walls just plastered over the original wattle and daub. Most likely they had Thatched roofs at one time too. I dare say they have been insulated over the years.

A friend of mine lived in a similar house not far from here and had packed earth floors topped with flagstones before he had a screeded floor put in, wattle and daub interior walls and low beams finished it off. He sold it and a few years later the new owner spent absolute thousands  having new timbers put in to replace the rotting ones at ground level!

..and Creosote is not permitted ..despite the fact that I have 5 gallons of it in the shed for my fencing

[Ryewolf]

A very nice shot Denis, my house which was built in the 1880's still has Lath and Plaster ceilings (which is based on the older wattle and duab), which caused problems when I had a leak due to storm damage and it was easier to put a plasterboard ceiling in than to try and repair the lath and Plaster one.

[Denis]

6 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

A very nice shot Denis, my house which was built in the 1880's still has Lath and Plaster ceilings (which is based on the older wattle and duab), which caused problems when I had a leak due to storm damage and it was easier to put a plasterboard ceiling in than to try and repair the lath and Plaster one.

Lathe and plaster was the term I was looking for Geoff but couldnt remember its name, Of course wattle and daub was a lot older, these cottages were built in 1790.

[Ryewolf]

On 21/02/2022 at 10:46, Denis said:

Lathe and plaster was the term I was looking for

Yes the cottages probably used Lath and Plaster, it dropped out of use in the 1930-40's as it required a lot of skill. a pub my parents lived during the late 1970's to 80's the top floor still had Lath and Plaster dividing walls and ceilings. When I was having some work done in the room I use as an office in my house we discovered the original gas pipes that would have provided lighting via gas mantles.