Hitchin

[angel80]

As mentioned yesterday, the town has a number of wonky half-timbered buildings.

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[microbie]

Looks like settlement (of the dirt under the buildings), although to have it happen on such a small scale and in so many directions is weird. I was going to ask whether it's a mining area, but I think it would have to be something smaller- gophers? woodchucks? :)

[angel80]

I wondered about subsidence too, especially in the first 2 photos. But in the 3rd photo the roofline is horizontal and the archway is not. Yet the supporting beams are the right length with no gaps.

[microbie]

Hunh. In that third photo, I wonder whether they were trying to follow the street line, although they obviously overdid the beam above the cut. Maybe the builders were like me and always tilted things a bit.

[angel80]

ironbark just reminded me that Elizabethans drank beer instead of water. This may account for the wonky lines ;)

[zhenzhi]

they are charming! :-)

[ironbark]

Then again they tell me Elizabethan beer was pretty potent.

[angel80]

Even though they drank it instead of water? ;)