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Tag Archives: limewash

Clearout!

May 10, 2021by richardbrunningswht 3 Comments

Since the return from lockdown we have undertaken a big clearout of the longhall, a reclean of all the furniture and the wooden dias and a fresh coat of linseed […]

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Saxon, Uncategorized

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

Pink to white

July 1, 2019by richardbrunningswht

The gable end of the Roman building was smeared pink from the red ochre lines by a tarpaulin was supposedly protecting it from red paint. Now re-limewashed, back to white.

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Roman, Uncategorized, Villa

I keep a knocking but i can’t come in

June 20, 2019by richardbrunningswht 1 Comment

The third door of the longhall was offered up this week and the line of the hinges marked out for mounting. Meanwhile table trestles were being made and a mass […]

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Rumours of Vikings

May 28, 2019by richardbrunningswht

Rumours of Viking ships seen in Cornwall have reached Somerset. It is hoped that they will turn out to be peaceful traders rather than fierce raiders. In preparation for a […]

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Medieval, Saxon, Uncategorized, Viking

Beowulf carves out a legend

March 22, 2018by richardbrunningswht

Mike’s series of carvings of the story of Beowulf nears completion, with just a lick of oil required before it is proudly mounted either side of the doorway into the […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized

Gripping stuff for the longhall door

February 27, 2018by richardbrunningswht

The gripping beasts over the longhall porch recieve a new coat of paint (red ochre, yellow iron oxide, linseed oil, a dash of lime putty and a hint of water) […]

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Saxon, Uncategorized

Dragons, art and turning yellow

July 17, 2017by richardbrunningswht

Some rather intricate carving work is going on to decorate the interior of the Saxon hall, with a design taken from Saxon stonework from Somerset. The Roman building is turning […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized, Villa

(Romano)British thin red line

June 20, 2017by richardbrunningswht

The thin red line around the Roman building has finally come to an end, and looks mighty fine too. Traditional Roman fakery to make a building look posher than it […]

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Roman, Uncategorized, Villa

Not a (lime) washout

May 23, 2017by richardbrunningswht

Despite a day of heavy rain, work on both buildings continued heroically in the face of frequent assaults by cake, biscuits and millionaire’s shortbread. The interior of the finished wattle […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized

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