Photograph showing a jettied timber-framed building. This example comes from Tewkesbury. [Copyright image owned by Philip Halling and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons.]
Jettied timber-framed buildings on both sides of the street were common in the walled city of London. Windows jutted out into narrow streets towards each other. This made the street dark and tunnel like. The closely packed wooden thatched houses meant the fire spread rapidly from one side of the street to the other.
- Why did jettied timber-framed buildings cause the Great Fire to spread so quickly?
- How did Charles II plan to control building in London after the fire? Read the King’s pamphlet about this in the collection.