| Assembly marks | see Carpenters' marks, below |
| Bressumer | |
| Carpenters' Marks | Identifying numerals inscribed on parts of frame while in carpenters' yard to ensure correct assembly on site - see article by Martin Higgins |
| Catslide | Downward Continuation of roof over outshot. (q.v.) |
| Chamfer | Surface made when square edge of timber is cut off at 45° |
| Cill | Beam resting on the ground into which all posts are morticed. Timber,brick or stone base of an opening. |
| Cross entry | Entry to a hall through opposed doorways. |
| Cross passage | As cross entry but with a passage formed by a wall or partition. (Not common in Surrey) |
| Cruck | A pair of curved timbers holding up the ridge-beam of a roof. |
| Daub | A mixture of clay, dung & chopped straw used to fill wattle (q.v.) panels |
| Dormer | A window placed vertically in the sloping plane of a roof. |
| Durn | Timber cut from a piece with a grown angle from which e.g. a door-frame with a shaped arch head can be formed. |
| Garderobe | A small privy projecting from the upper storey of a house. |
| Lean-to | Addition at end/side of building under a lean-to roof |
| Oriel | A window projecting from the face of a building. |
| Scarf joints | Joints used to join timbers end to end. |
| Smoke bay | A short bay (central or end) sealed off from the upper part of the house as an escape for smoke. |
| Smoke hood | A timber-framed enclosure supported on the mantel beam of the hearth and tapering to an outlet on the roof - intermediary between Smoke bay and Chimney. |
| Solar | The private upper room in a mediaeval house, above the parlour or the service room. |
| Spere | A short screen,normally by a door,to prevent draughts. Frequently only the mortice holes remain. |
| Outshot | Addition at end/side of building under a lean-to roof. |
| Stops | The decorative endings of a chamfer - on a beam, post, etc. |
| Wattle | Hazel or oak upright staves used to form panels - usually filled in with Daub (q.v.) |
| Wattle & Daub | see article by Martin Higgins |