Searched "The Encyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical
and Practical: The Classic 1867 Edition" by Joseph Gwilt, (1784-1863),
reprint c) Crown Publishers, 1982, distributed by Bonanza Books. and
couldn't find specific information which is actually quite odd. One
interesting act about lead was this:

"The holes with which lead is often riddled are caused by the larva of
an insect, the Callidium bajulus, in the stomach of which lead is
often found (Kirby and Spence, Entomology, i. p 235)." p. 518, Seect.
VI, paragraph 1785.

In the "Glossary, Etc." section (p. 1170):

"Caulking or Cocking. The mode of fixing the tie-beams of a roof or
the binding joists of a floor down to the wall-plates." It discusses a
method of dove-tailing then abandoned as changes in seasoning of the
wood or changes in the weather drew the beams out of the notches in
the wall-plate.

Odd, so much stonework so little description of attachments.

"Wood Bricks" Blocks of wood cut to the form and size of bricks,
inserted in the interior walls as holds for the joinery." p. 1277