Gripping stuff for the longhall door
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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Worms, stairs and paint
Another busy week with continued work inside and outside the Roman building, making ready for fresco week and starting work on the stairs up to the porch. The Saxon longhall […]
Beowulf carvings
Mike revealed his wonderful carvings of the second part of the Beowulf story. These will go either side of the main door once they have been finished.
Going, going, going,…gone yellow
And Lo! it came to pass that the wall of the Saxon longhall turned yellow on the outside, and there was great rejoicing…and cake.
In and out days
The inside of the Roman dining-room has started to get its first additions of render, with the stone fakery continuing into the doorway. The Saxon longhall has almost finished turning […]
Feeling at home
The traditional downpour arrived in time for the open day but it did demonstrate how waterproof the buildings are. The long walls of the hall are almost complete and both […]
Stepping out!
Not a stairway to heaven but a heavenly stairway, to the mezzanine level in the Saxon longhall. Steve’s insistence on waney edge planks pays off. More wall panels are filled […]
The beginning of the end
Its not the end of the wattle and daubing on the Saxon longhall, but it is perhaps the beginning of the end. The gaps are gradually filling in, but somehow […]
Not a (lime) washout
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 […]
Render unto Caesar
The final coat of lime render has been put on the Roman building and the fake stonework scratched in. Limewash to follow. On the Saxon longhall wattle and daubing continues […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 