The palette

Stone below, wood above. Cobblestone and stone bricks carry the weight at the bottom; light oak planks fill the dark oak frame of the upper floor; a dark oak roof caps it all. The light walls between dark beams are what makes the timber frame readable from afar.

Techniques

• Stone below, wood above
• Timber framing
• Textured walls
• Overhang
• Roof in courses
• A round wheel
• Landscaping

The steps

1. Flat ground
2. Dig the river
3. River banks
4. River bed
5. Footing
6. Ground floor
7. Stone walls: front and river side
8. Stone walls: back and west
9. Door and windows
10. Millstones
11. Grain sacks and barrels
12. Corbels
13. Floor beams
14. Upper floor
15. Timber posts
16. Upper walls: front and river side
17. Upper walls: back and west
18. Upper windows and shutters
19. Loading door and hoist
20. Roof: eaves
21. Roof: course 2
22. Roof: course 3
23. Roof: course 4
24. Roof: course 5
25. Roof: course 6
26. Roof: ridge
27. Gables
28. Chimney
29. Wheel: axle
30. Wheel: spokes
31. Wheel: rims
32. Wheel: paddles
33. Flume trestles
34. Flume trough
35. Flume water
36. Bridge arch
37. Bridge deck and parapets
38. Fill the river
39. Store: floor and posts
40. Store: walls
41. Store: roof
42. Store: sacks
43. Path
44. Lantern posts and cart
45. Trees
46. Bank bushes and lily pads
47. Flowers and bushes

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