The village is circular in plan with most buildings of medieval half-timbered style (most are original) and still retains much of its 13th-century walls.

They were rebuilt in half-timbered style in 1663.

The rectory next door, built in half-timbered style, is from 1608.

Buildings in the half-timbered style of Danish rural houses proliferated, creating a new tourist attraction.

In parallel, the half-timbered style became popular for ordinary dwellings in towns and villages across the country.

The upper floors, which housed the St. Nicolai Hospital, were built in a half-timbered style.

The 1980s saw the growth of speculative house building by developers, many introducing English brick and half-timbered vernacular styles to Scotland.

These introduced English brick and half-timbered vernacular styles to Scotland, which had been largely unknown before this period.

The impressive manor house, a part of which was built in a half-timbered style, dates from 1734.

It was built sometime in the 16th Century in the half-timbered style typical of the period with plaster infilling.