Category Archives: Building

What a differnce it makes now we can see the barn without its covering of iron work. You can see the windows better, and the solar panels! It looks like a real house now. The front is not quite as … Continue reading →

The roofers have been doing a grand job ( and they have a great name: Vertigo !), they have finished the front and are part done at the rear but they had to stop to wait for the solar panels … Continue reading →

They have started putting the tops on the windows, and say it will be finished early next week.

The roofers were busy this week stripping off the roof. The stucture needs reinforcing and repairing in places.

We now have scaffolding at the front. I think they plan to start on the roof next week. The stone work at the back is now up to the bottom of the first floor windows.

The block work replacement wall is now complete, showing where the windows on the first floor will be. It also holding up the roof so we can remove the scaffolding from inside. The stone work facing the block work is … Continue reading →

The first of the sills has been installed, and the stone work continues to be rebuilt.  

This week they rebuilt the wall, up to first floor level,  that was knocked down last week. They have started the stone facing to the wall, hopefully they won’t be too fussy or it will take too long and not … Continue reading →

After a short delay while the level 3 archaelogy report was approved, the building work has progressed. The inside of the barn was pointed (all the gaps between the stones filled in), scaffolding erected to give access to the back … Continue reading →