The walls of the box were being constructed of actual white washed breeze blocks with an open ceiling of heavy rafters.

The bright blood jetted out from the white-lipped wound, splashing up to the heavy rafters that ran across the dining hall.

They were stone-built, with heavy wooden rafters and age-old beams, which were a ready prey for the flames.

The heavy wooden rafter pinning his legs and his general condition indicated that he would not be in the most dignified of positions when it came time to meet the gentlemen from off-planet.

He helps the family patriarch to stop the roof leaking by installing some heavy rafters.

The entire roof section of heavy rafters is held in place by thousands of wooden pegs, not one nail can be found in the attic.

The 1,200-year-old chambers have heavy rafters, red wooden pillars and octagonal windows with no glass but with bars in lattice patterns.

For a quick moment, he looked up into the heavy rafters and the shadows beyond.

The roof - for there was no ceiling - was of wood, crossed by heavy rafters, and much begrimed with dirt and smoke.

The building had been a small warehouse of some sort, with thick walls and heavy rafters low overhead, but there was no heat.