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London Zoo. Nonsuch House. The four-story Nonsuch House on London Bridge, completed in 1579, is the earliest documented prefabricated building.[1] It was originally constructed in the Netherlands, taken apart and shipped to London in pieces in 1578, where it was reassembled. Each timber was marked so that it could be reconstructed correctly. It was reassembled in the manner later typical of that of an American barn or prefab housing.[2] The name Nonsuch may have referred to Henry VIII's now vanished Nonsuch Palace outside London; it meant there was "none such" anywhere else — that it was an unequalled paragon of its kind. Description[edit] Nonsuch House was reconstructed on the bridge using joiners' techniques alone, without any carpenter's nails, mason's mortar, or smith's iron.
Only wooden pegs were used in the construction.[3] Its archway straddled the bridge. Nonsuch House had two fronts to the River Thames with large columns, windows, and outside carvings. Notability[edit] External links[edit] References[edit] Google Image Result for.