Timbers Collection

Advertisement for Libertys new shops, London
An advertisement for Libertys new shops about to open in Argyll Place, off Regent Street, London. Liberty & Co have had the exterior and interior built in 16th century style

Wreck of old wooden fishing boat on banks of the River Dee
The wreck of an old wooden fishing boat at low water on the tidal banks of the River Dee at Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland

Mayflower Barn at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
The ancient barn at Jordans Hostel, believed to have been constructed using timbers from the Mayflower - Buckinghamshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Heather Cottage, Hall
An architectural interior illustration of a hall with low panelled walls and exposed timbers, belonging to Heather Cottage, an Arts and Crafts countryside house designed by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott

Ellen's Great Hall, Rudgwick
A photograph which shows a view of the great hall with exposed timbers, at Ellens, a property in Rudgwick, West Sussex. The house was designed by the architect Maurice Everett Webb. Date: circa 1929

The Old Fountain in the Minories, London, so solidly built that three horses were needed to pull the timbers apart when it was demolished in 1793. Date: built circa 1480

Drawing by R. Borlase Smart of the ancient barn at Jordans Hostel, believed to have been constructed using timbers from the Mayflower. Date: 1920

Built of the Mayflowers timbers? A barn at Jordan s
Dr Rendel Harris lecturing at Old Jordans Hostel in Buckinghamshire, in a barn which he believed was built from timbers of the Mayflower. Date: 1920

America - Wayne Defeats Indians
Wayne Defeats Indians. Date: 1794

Native American town

Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium -- Rue de Lille, WW1
Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium -- bombed houses in the Rue de Lille during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Italian artillery in the Alps, WW1
Italian artillery in the Alps during the First World War. Travelling on a new military road, a soldier climbs over and makes sure that the timbers are not displaced by the weight of the passing gun

Tjepiring jetty, Semarang, North Java, Indonesia
Tjepiring (Cepiring) sugar factory company jetty, Samarang (Semarang), North Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908

Hazebrouck, France -- Grande Place, WW1
Hazebrouck, France -- Grande Place with houses damaged by bombing during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium -- Rue de la Plume, WW1
Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium -- bombed houses in the Rue de la Plume during WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Timbers for Dykes
The zeedijken (sea dykes) of the Netherlands are reinforced by massive timbers. Date: 1466

England / Crawley
A view of the High Street, Crawley, Sussex, England, showing the distinctive sign of the George Hotel, which - supported on stout timbers, extends across the road. Date: 1950s

Loading timber-carrying Mules - Mexico Date: circa 1904

Secretaire made from the timbers of the British Arctic ship

Village scenes, Romania
Village scenes in Romania including a wonderful well with huge timber lever bucket-lifting apparatus, an inset picture of a pretty Romanina woman in traditonal country costume and village houses

Girl Pumping Water
A little girl puts her weight behind the old village water pump on the village green at Lullington, Somerset, England. Note the massive oak timbers of the canopy. Date: 1950s

Damage caused by fire at Selby Abbey
The damage caused by a fire at Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire on October 20th, 1906. The conflagration was of such intensity that it melted the bells in the central tower. Date: 1906

Burnt-Out Cottage
The shell of a burnt-out old stone-built cottage in Kent, England. Date: 1950s

DRY ROT
Floorboards in an old house, destroyed by dry rot. Date: 1950s

Woodworm and Dry Rot
Examples of damage caused by woodworm and dry rot, to timber taken from St. Marys Church, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Cruck-Beam Gable
A derelict cruck-beam house (being demolished), at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. This was one of the very earliest forms of building construction. Date: 19th century

Lifeboat on Roadside
Shiver my timbers! What a strange roadside sight! Once the pride of Falmouth, Cornwall, this old lifeboat lay for many years in quiet country lane in Surrey

The Jockey / John Doyle
A political caricature. Wot hopes in the long run, to distance the Colonel & Old Shiver-my-Timbers, give Kentine the " go by", and win the CROWN STAKES

C15 Commercial Building
The Old Fountain in the Minories, London, so solidly built that three horses were needed to pull the timbers apart when it was demolished in 1793

The Old Shipyard - a carpenter shapes the timbers of a sailing vessel

Pyne - Fishermen
FISHERMEN hauling their boat onto the beach by winding it in on a capstan : it is pulled over wooden timbers, greased to help it slide

C16 Shipbuilding
Olandus, a Spanish commander in Colombia, has his men build a caravel from the timbers of their wrecked ships

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