Timber stud from 1600s

[Mrs McG]

Some of you may have seen many timber studs like this before, but the fact that the builder didn’t even bother taking off the bark just tickled me

 

[aockenden]

It's the same on some of our middle-lintels above our downstairs windows. They just left the bark (and the moss) on it.

 

[Toby Newell]

Some of you may have seen many timber studs like this before, but the fact that the builder didn’t even bother taking off the bark just tickled me

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Quality! Looks like birch.

Besides, everything is healthier with the skin left on...