Foreclosure with five layers of siding turns out to be a log cabin

[Lily left the valley]

Article: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/bryn-mawr-man-finds-300-year-old-log-house-beneath-stucco-facade-20170630.html

[JacquieJet]

Incredible! I love reading about discoveries people make with their old homes. So interesting!

[Manalto]

I wonder if that first layer of siding was meant to be there originally. It's my understanding that Colonial houses with the clapboard siding have classic English half timbering underneath. The siding is extra insulation for New England's more severe winters.

[Corsetière]

Cool house! That retaining wall though....

[Willa]

Cool house! That retaining wall though....

The herringbone brick patio area looks good but the exterior retaining wall, etc. is not sympathetic, at all.

The owner /designer seems to have flamboyant taste that is not always tasteful ?

[Texas_Ranger]

I wonder if that first layer of siding was meant to be there originally. It's my understanding that Colonial houses with the clapboard siding have classic English half timbering underneath. The siding is extra insulation for New England's more severe winters.

The article says that the siding was added almost 100 years after it was built. If the chinking is tight, I can't see how an inch of siding would add much to what looks like at least 5" log walls.

[Corsetière]

Cool house! That retaining wall though....

The herringbone brick patio area looks good but the exterior retaining wall, etc. is not sympathetic, at all.

The owner /designer seems to have flamboyant taste that is not always tasteful ?

lol! Agreed. Restraint is the hardest thing to learn in architecture and decor.