No new construction will be stone, but it will most likely be brick, with an inner of cement block.
I think relative cost of timber is a bigger factor than you might think - the US has endless forests, while the UK came quite close to deforestation round about WW1 (earlier in Scotland). Traditional Scottish cottage construction had essentially only one structural timber piece - the roof beam. That was the most difficult part to source.
I think relative cost of timber is a bigger factor than you might think - the US has endless forests, while the UK came quite close to deforestation round about WW1 (earlier in Scotland). Traditional Scottish cottage construction had essentially only one structural timber piece - the roof beam. That was the most difficult part to source.