Medieval buidlings question

[angry_scotsman]

Here's the post I had been about to start. I'm looking for information on medieval houses, shops, churches (not the massive cathedrals), specifically floorplans and sizes and generally for those without wealth

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[angry_scotsman]

This website has some images of the box frame house and the cruck frame house:

http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/National/Projects/ExploreYourOwnLocalHistory/Items/The_Medieval_House

This website: (http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:LOY457RqKwIJ:www.lhi.org.uk/docs/HHWVhandoutonhousedating.doc+floor+plan+of+medieval+house&cd=40&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us) defined it as

3. Roof Construction

The cruck frame is the simplest construction associated with medieval houses (and continued in cottages as late as the 18th century), which used a split tree to form a single frame for the roof and the walls. This limited the height of a building and crucks would be raised on plinths or box frames to increase height. Bell Cottage in Friday Street has a cruck construction, now hidden by the adjacent development.