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Category Archives: Villa

Getting plastered!

October 1, 2021by richardbrunningswht

Another busy week with a final plaster skim being added in the longhall for the mural (Alfred vs the Vikings), which is beginning to be sketched out, based on the […]

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Medieval, Roman, Saxon, Viking, Villa

Diabolic designs?

September 21, 2021by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

Strange designs have appeared on the floor of the Roman building. Vandalism by a devil worshiping clique? Thankfully not, its just the mosaic design being laid out, following a design […]

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Roman, Villa

Stone the Porch

September 21, 2021by richardbrunningswht

The stone tile roofing of the porch of the Roman building has finally been completed and looks fabulous. Its made from two different shades of limestone (blue and cream colour) […]

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Roman, Saxon, Viking, Villa

Antefix fix

May 24, 2021by richardbrunningswht

The final decorative antefix tiles have been made by John and added to the roof of the Roman building by Terry. They have two forms, the popular Medusa head (this […]

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Roman, Uncategorized, Villa

Roman stone roof

November 6, 2020by richardbrunningswht

The first layers of stone tiles are added to the Roman porch. They are real ones salvaged from the excavation of a Roman villa in Somerset.

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Roman, Uncategorized, Villa

Roman refurbishment

October 23, 2020by richardbrunningswht

Both ends of the Roman building have had work done recently. The furnace end has been completely re-limewashed and the fake ashlar block stonework redone with a mixture of red […]

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Roman, Villa

How to fix an antefix

October 1, 2020by richardbrunningswht

‘Double Dolphin’ and ‘Medusa’ – not Roman craft beers but designs of decorative antefix tiles which go on the ends of a tile roof. In Roman times they would have […]

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Roman, Villa

Limewash strikes back

September 27, 2020by richardbrunningswht

Following the successful de-pinking of the gable end of the Roman building it received a new coat of limewash to make it sparking white again. The Saxon longhall gable end […]

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Roman, Saxon, Villa

Summer meltdown

August 17, 2020by richardbrunningswht

In the second week since returning from lockdown, seering temperatures made life difficult but lots was achieved. A Saxon tent, hundreds of tesserae, fixing the antefixes, carvings, weed destruction and […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized, Villa

Wildlife mosaic challenge

July 13, 2020by richardbrunningswht

Within the mosaic floor of the Roman building, there are a series of five roundels, based on the design of the nearby Hurcot mosaic. These would often be filled with […]

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Roman, Uncategorized, Villa

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