Truss type 1.B

Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry

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Sub-types

• Truss type 1.B(i): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam supported by independent wall posts (themselves resting on a corbel, offset, or timber support at the lower end)
• Truss type 1.B(ii): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam supported by central post (resting on the floor or on a beam at the lower end)
• Truss type 1.B(iii): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam braced to a wall (braces in sockets in wall or on corbel at the lower end)
• Truss type 1.B(iv): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam braced to vertical posts (posts to corbels or transverse beams at the lower end)
• Truss type 1.B(v): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam braced by insersecting braces (or X braces) to posts (posts to corbels or transverse beams at the lower end)
• Truss type 1.B(vi): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam braced to upright timber posts or studs (usually part of the main structure of the tower or turret)
• Truss type 1.B(vii): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam supported by a timber post at one end and by a structural feature at the other
• Truss type 1.B(viii): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam supported by a post in the centre with braces from post to beam
• Truss type 1.B(ix): Beam on corbels built into the walls of the tower or belfry; beam cantilevered from wall, with braced support (often found in covered shelters projecting from the gable end of a root)