"Timber framed building of the type was available to most sectors of society, but a house on the scale of the Ancient High House was definitely for someone with very considerable resources who could employ the best craftsmen and who wanted to display his wealth through the magnificence of the building.
"Of course these timber-framed houses were constructed from timber which had been pre-assembled. Once the timber had been taken out of the woodland it was cut down to size and all of the joints were knocked out and the various frames were assembled in advance.
"Course the timber frame is only the skeleton. One would require suitable materials for the floors in a house of that quality, perhaps some good quality tiles. But then the skeletal frame had to be in filled with wattle and daub panels. In the case of the High House tiles were employed but thatch or shingles could have employed on other buildings elsewhere."
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