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Truss Types

Mass Built Barns

Cruck Barns

collar beam
& wall spur

collar -beam
& tie-beam

Post & Truss and Box-frame Barns

queen-post & arch braces

king-post & knee-joints

collar-beam with arched under-principals

king-post truss

queen-post truss

raised-cruck truss

hammer-beam truss

complex truss with spandrels
to wall plates

Timber-framed,
Aisled  Barns

crown-post, arch-braces & passing shores

Archaic: straight shores & braces

Gothic: crown-post & arch braces

Northern aisled barns with raked struts to purlins