The inspiration for this contemporary timber-framed house in the Beaux Arts Village, Washington, comes from the seven Douglas fir trees which stand on its grounds. Every room and element in the house ...

PITTSFIELD -- Jorel Hebert is spending five days practicing the art of timber framing at Hancock Shaker Village -- a skill he will put to practical use for his employer next spring. "We are actually ...

PITTSFIELD — In May 1965, John Sobon, piloting a 60-foot crane, ripped into a North Adams apartment building, bringing a century-old timber frame structure to the ground. In a period marked by postwar ...

Chaddesley Corbett’s roots run deep. The village dates back to Saxon times and was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as “Cedeslai,” meaning “the place of Chad.” Before the Norman Conquest, it was ...

Just an hour from London is Mayfield, a village which was named one of the “sweetest” villages in Sussex by a Victorian poet.

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