Wooden structures were commonly found in brick castles. The uniform brick form of the Malbork Castle is the result of conservation work from the 19th and 20th centuries. However, based on modern descriptions and iconography, one can identify half-timbered and wooden buildings there. These included residential and utility buildings as well as elements of fortifications. The only residential-representative building of this type was a manor house built in the mid-16th century in the Middle Castle. Most of the modern half-timbered buildings were located in the outer bailey. These were smaller utility buildings, as well as numerous small houses inhabited by soldiers, servants, and renters. The fortification elements had medieval origins. Some towers and bastions had half-timbered upper floors: Gdanisko, the Buttermilk Tower, Kurza Noga, and Baba, as well as two bastions in the eastern wall. Some also had wooden dormers on the roof. There were also half-timbered and wooden overhanging rooms (hoardings) on the walls.