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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17480   
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House looks stunning now!
Outstanding work. |
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30th Sep 2015 12:36pm |
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| TACK Member Since: 26 Apr 2009 Location: Essex Posts: 1045 
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Looks good Andy, the locals talking to you now
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30th Sep 2015 8:25pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3786  
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AndrewS,..GREAT work on the House,...it's a BIG house,...all yours?
How old is it?...We haven't got much old stuff in Aus,...nothing much before the early 1800s! Being an old Pom, I love that stuff, and seeing it preserved. Top Job, Pickles. |
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30th Sep 2015 10:00pm |
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| MuddyChris300tdi Member Since: 02 Mar 2014 Location: Derby Posts: 224 
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You have done a great job with the house, and you have a very talented plumber. I love to see pipe work set out properly.
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30th Sep 2015 11:04pm |
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| AndrewS Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Hereford Posts: 3708 
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Thank You for the comments.
TACK yea Im back on the Ignore The Miserable  list as opposed to being on the Stone Him list.
Pickles The house is Grade two listed, it has been dendro dated back to 1540 however we have found saw marks that take it back to 1430 (they changed the way the timbers were sawn in 1440) basically the saw cut the timber at 45deg pre 1440 and 90deg post 1440. The building is an aisled hall and cross wing, the 1st floor to the left was jettied out over the road by about 1.2m.  Click image to enlarge There are some hefty timbers in the property with some carved 'high status' roof trusses. Click image to enlarge We have medieval wall paintings in what was the posh or high status end of the property. I plan to get these preserved and surveyed with view to replicating them at some point. Click image to enlarge Our latest find is the bread oven. This pic was taken from the rear of the oven having drilled a hole in the wall to see what was in the void. Click image to enlarge 130's have feeling's as well you know  |
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2nd Oct 2015 10:14am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10383
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Wow, cool!
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2nd Oct 2015 10:25am |
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| Mr Fox Member Since: 10 Sep 2011 Location: green & pleasant land Posts: 1038 
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Really interesting and the history you're finding is fascinating.
Please keep the thread updated. |
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2nd Oct 2015 10:27am |
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| ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328
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You have not mentioned the Ghost
O sorry its that Slimer  |
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2nd Oct 2015 11:36am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17480
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There was a cottage near the house I used to live in (in the Chilterns) where they found an unknown bread oven during renovations, and when they opened it up it contained the skeleton of an unfortunate cat which had evidently gone into the oven for a nice warm nap. Someone had then sealed the thing up and plastered over it without checking.
The cottage fronted the pavement directly, and the builders decided to display the skeleton on the front windowsill for the duration of works! I always wondered how long the then owners spent looking for the cat before givin up on the poor thing. |
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2nd Oct 2015 12:33pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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Impressive building and works Andrew. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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2nd Oct 2015 3:47pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5865 
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Cool (or hot as it would have once been) find on the oven. Any plans on using the bread oven? 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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2nd Oct 2015 7:33pm |
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| Eduardo Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Región Metropolitana Posts: 2110  
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Nice work AndrewS. As in Australia our older buildings are from 1800 and only few survives due the earthquakes. Nice work Quite impressed with the wall paintings and I hope you can recovered it. Cheers [/b] Eduardo MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64' MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo" Click image to enlarge |
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2nd Oct 2015 9:06pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3786
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Andrew,..what a house. Those roof trusses are UNREAL.
You are indeed a lucky man, but having said that, I know that there is a lot of forsight, skill & dollars in maintaining an historic property like that,......but,.....I'm jealous! Well done, Pickles. |
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2nd Oct 2015 10:08pm |
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| AndrewS Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Hereford Posts: 3708
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Getting there
Just got the well to sort then the block paving and we are done. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 130's have feeling's as well you know |
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