A throng of bearded men, in sad-coloured garments and grey steeple-crowned hats, inter-mixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily
timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes.
I rose up, and there was Jackson's Island, about two mile and a half down stream, heavy
timbered and standing up out of the middle of the river, big and dark and solid, like a steamboat without any lights.
The island was heavily
timbered. Dense jungle ran down almost to the beach.
When he superimposed a feverish metropolis on a waste of
timbered, snow-covered flat, he predicated first the gold-strike that made the city possible, and next he had an eye for steamboat landings, sawmill and warehouse locations, and all the needs of a far-northern mining city.
His steps were imperceptibly led almost in a circle; nor did he observe that he was on the verge of a tract of land heavily
timbered, but not with pine-trees.
A heavily
timbered park stretched up in a gentle slope, thickening into a grove at the highest point.
The site, in Victoria Street, had previously been occupied by a 16th century half
timbered house in which King Charles I sheltered during the English Civil War, hence the Star and Garter name which refers to the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
Well maintained, it includes an entrance lobby, sitting room with
timbered ceiling, hallway, kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, living room, four bedrooms - one with en suite - and bathroom.
3 days from PS165.00, 1 July 2016 Discover the breathtaking and unspoilt beauty of Shropshire with its lush hills, rolling farmland and river valleys dotted with sleepy black-and-white
timbered towns, historic castles and medieval churches.
"Did you know that Ruthin has Wales's oldest
timbered town house?" A full list of the buildings is available at Ruthin Library and online.
The village sits between Alcester and Droitwich Spa and has a selection of attractive village houses of varying ages; some brick, some whitewash and some
timbered.
The area consisted of
timbered ridges flanked by valleys of lush lowland vegetation laced with countless lakes and miles upon miles of rivers and streams.