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ancestor of the Woodgate family resided, when he 

 served the office of High Sheriff for that County. 

 Specimens of Timber Houses are every year be- 

 coming more rare, not only from the decay of the 

 materials, but from the prevailing rage for what is 

 called improvement, by exchanging old forms for 

 new. It is, however, worthy of remark, that the 

 timbers of many of these buildings, which have been 

 exposed to the weather above three centuries, appear 

 never to have been painted. 



AUTHORITIES. 



" The lower story is of stone. This hint is taken 

 from a building near Eltham Palace, in Kent, except 

 that the windows are here of oak, instead of stone, 

 which was not uncommon, both in buildings of stone 

 and also of brick, as at Wolterton Manor House, and 

 Carhow Priory, in Norfolk. 



" Stone, and even brick corbels, supporting beams, 

 may be seen at Lynn Regis, and at Ely. 



" The brick nogging, between the timbers, is copied 

 from a curious specimen at Lynn Regis, built in the 

 reign of Edward IV. 



" The hint of upright timbers, ornamented with 

 small tracery, over the centre building, was taken 

 from a house near Kelvedon, in Essex, very lately 

 destroyed ; but a similar building is still remaining 

 in the Market Place of Newark, Nottinghamshire. 



" The gable board is copied from a house at St. 

 Edmunds Bury, but is not uncommon. The pin- 

 nacles, being the parts most exposed to the weather, 



