Wych Wood

The second of our projects "Wych Wood" is quite a large renovation near the Graythwaite estate south of Hawkshead. The old cottage and barn has been completely gutted apart from the external walls which maintain the original character of the building. A portion of the external walls which were in disrepair have been rebuilt using the original stones. The roof and lintels above the doors and windows have been replaced in green oak a traditional wood for this type of barn.

Our skilled workforce with years of experience carry out extensive landscaping and walling renovations. Retaining walls and landscaping with unique features are now near completion. One of the features is a stonewalled seat using reclaimed oak from the barn, finished with some nice slate detailing. This will feature in a later blog. Once it is completed, we will be moving onto the internal work to maintain a clean working environment.

We use the Manitou telescopic handler as a labour saving device to lift heavy materials onto scaffolding and other inaccessible places.

Welcome

Welcome to the project news page. Our plan is to keep you posted with weekly updates of our building developments, and announcements that may be of interest to you.

We will open by showing you one our three larger projects which we are currently developing.


Ravensbarrow, originally built as a kennel house, is a major re-build for a local client. It is due to be completed by Autumn 2009.


We started by taking the roof off the main house and adjacent barn, completely gutting the interiors leaving two empty shells. The finished project will have a linking extension between the main house and the barn containing a hallway, kitchen, living room, utility and boot room. We feel it's important for it to be in-keeping with the characteristics of the house and barn.


Adjacent to the main house and barn we are starting to put down the foundations of the garage. Next to the garage is an old outhouse/barn which will eventually be the boiler house.


















The site of an old well which will be fully restored to become an internal feature within the extention at the back of the house.















We will keep you updated on this project at a later date with more photos and news.

Next week. - Take a look at our second of the bigger projects.