Ye olde timber frame

[nickk]

Been to measure some gates and fences today,was looking forward to this,one of my books has the house studied in detail,showing some carpenters marks,very old,but the owner has doubts that the hand is original 1500’s.

 

[Blicksheep]

Nice place!!!

 

[tom2207]

Must have been built out of '' seconds '' non of the bricks are even the same size , and Im not sure about the stencilling on the outside either ,,, a bit Lawrence luellen

But a nice project to make gates that will suit , look forwards to seeing the results.

 

[bourbon]

Any Idea of the listing status. My best mate used to work for a restoration company, He says work for EH was a nightmare

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Any Idea of the listing status. My best mate used to work for a restoration company, He says work for EH was a nightmare

Thankfully I only really deal with windows on Listed buildings. The ethos is keep as much of the original as possible and that suits my repair style perfectly.

 

[johnik]

i used to share a barn and the manor house was like that only a lot bigger, must have been worth a fortune...they knocked it down to build a railway

 

[badabec]

Push it over and build a decent house

 

[frank horton]

if it were built out of odd's n ends, they made a nice job of it....
an old mate builder I knew had a yard full of stuff to do the same...he broke his back in a fall from scaf....
it never got done...

 

[dobbslc]

Lovely looking place! The wobbly brickwork and windows in the background with a modern spirt level in the foreground makes me laugh

 

[Munkul]

The money you'd have to have to buy a place like that... grade 2 listed at a minimum, perhaps grade 1... forget ever being able to afford to replace the windows!

Beautiful though. I appreciate the people who can afford to own somewhere like this and keep it in this condition for posterity.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

The money you'd have to have to buy a place like that... grade 2 listed at a minimum, perhaps grade 1... forget ever being able to afford to replace the windows!

Beautiful though. I appreciate the people who can afford to own somewhere like this and keep it in this condition for posterity.

Unfortunately not everyone that buys them can afford or bothers to maintain them.

 

[Other Daniel]

Unfortunately not everyone that buys them can afford or bothers to maintain them.

Sad but true

 

[bourbon]

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[tom2207]

Push it over and build a decent house

No No NO

you could get a block of flats in that space far better ...

 

[Mick Annick]

Unfortunately not everyone that buys them can afford or bothers to maintain them.

We’re a few hundred yards from a chateau, the outbuildings (3 houses, barns, stable block) are falling down, and the chateau itself is in pretty poor condition, English owners…

 

[Other Daniel]

We’re a few hundred yards from a chateau, the outbuildings (3 houses, barns, stable block) are falling down, and the chateau itself is in pretty poor condition, English owners…

There are some around here, as well.

 

[dobbslc]

We’re a few hundred yards from a chateau, the outbuildings (3 houses, barns, stable block) are falling down, and the chateau itself is in pretty poor condition, English owners…

It's not Dick Strawbridge is it?

 

[nickk]

Lovely looking place! The wobbly brickwork and windows in the background with a modern spirt level in the foreground makes me laugh

No bricks anywhere,windows were renovated in the last 2 years.

 

[dobbslc]

No bricks anywhere,windows were renovated in the last 2 years.

I stand corrected!
Lash me with a cat a nine tails m'lud.

 

[winchman]

Must have been built out of '' seconds '' non of the bricks are even the same size , and Im not sure about the stencilling on the outside either ,,, a bit Lawrence luellen

But a nice project to make gates that will suit , look forwards to seeing the results.

Around the time this was built you found the land and just used what ever you could find or bring with a horse and cart to site, no building regs etc windows are so small as large pieces of glass when unaffordable even if you could find any, most places used oiled skin. Big stones at the bottom larger at the top as its easy, no doubt a rubble infill wall. They often stole materials from other places, I know of a Church that has the wrong roof as it came off another one, all very interesting.