Cantilevered Gable House

Special architecture from bygone days

A rare Alemannic gable construction:
The first half-timbered floor stands on the solid ground floor. The second half-timbered floor sits on an adjacent wall and protrudes strongly towards the street. Above it is a three-story gable. In front of this is a finely structured floating gable. The floating gable can be found on medieval houses in Mosbach around 1450. As there, all the timbers of the roof structure are interlocked. eppingen.de/freizeit/stadtrundgang The house was built around 1450.

This Alemannic half-timbered house was built around 1450. In front of the three-story gable, a finely structured floating gable has been preserved as a striking structural feature. The house has been restored in an exemplary manner. The first half-timbered floor stands on a solid ground floor. The second half-timbered floor sits on an adjacent wall and protrudes strongly towards the street. Above it is a three-story gable.
In front of this is a finely structured floating gable. The floating gable can be found on medieval houses in Mosbach around 1450. As there, all the timbers of the roof structure are interlocked.
The house was built around 1450. The Gothic carvings borrowed from stone construction on the beam of a planked ceiling in the first half-timbered floor confirm this assumption.
Source: kraichgau-stromberg.de/poi/schwebegiebelhaus-kirchgasse-22