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Need
Natural/Traditional Construction training designed and delivered?
Starting
an off-grid or community project and need guidance?
Contact Sarah on
07766-054042 to
discuss your requirements
Below
is an example of a project we designed and delivered .....
Project
title: Caring for the Built Heritage of the Brecks
Organisation
and delivery: Orchard
Barn
12
Day Schools: 465 training days delivered
Funded
by: Heritage Lottery
Partnership:
Breaking
New Ground
Location:
West Stow
Anglo Saxon Village,
Suffolk, UK
Duration:
October 2014 - April 2016
Orchard
Barn's Brief: To design and deliver 12 day schools focused on
vernacular building skills using locally sourced
natural materials
For:
Home-owners and professionals
Aim:
Skills and community development
Building:
Outdoor seating, one featured with
shingle roof and hand converted timber frame
Materials:
Timber Frame - Brecks Oaks (felled, hewn and converted by hand),
Rafters - Elm
poles, Shingles and Battens - Sweet Chestnut (hand cleft), Seats -
solid Oak, Wattle -
coppiced Hazel, Daub infil - clayrich subsoil and straw, Clay
Render - clay and sand, Foundations - flint, lime, sand and brick,
Footings - lime and ballast.
Methods:
Traditional hand tools, skills using human energy
Video:
Natural
Building Project
  
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