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Tag Archives: wattle and daub

Riveting times

May 17, 2019by richardbrunningswht

Lots of different bits of work went on this week. Clearing the site ready for a new mystery delivery, filling gaps in the wattle and daub where it had shrunk, […]

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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

Stepping out!

July 3, 2017by richardbrunningswht

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 […]

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Medieval, Saxon, Uncategorized

The beginning of the end

June 20, 2017by richardbrunningswht

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 […]

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The thin red line

April 21, 2017by richardbrunningswht

Spurred on by a chocolate and orange cake of record breaking proportions (thank you Martin and Happy Birthday!) and some sunny weather, progress has been good. Operation fakery continues on […]

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Here be dragons!

April 7, 2017by richardbrunningswht

Mike’s wonderful dragon head carving was added to the longhall this week and will hopefully fulfill its job of scaring away evil spirits. The head is based on a very […]

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Roman, Saxon, Uncategorized

Helping hands

March 17, 2017by richardbrunningswht

A group of Archaeology A level students from Richard Huish college, led by Pam Cottrell, came to lend several hands with the wattle and daubing of the Saxon longhall. All […]

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The white stuff

February 23, 2017by richardbrunningswht

Although the walls are gradually filling up with wattle and daub, things are brightening up in the Saxon hall through the application of several coats of lime wash in the […]

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Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

January 27, 2017by richardbrunningswht

The big wattle and daub job on the Saxon longhall continued this week despite a grevious setback. Sadly the freezing weather wreaked havoc on the last lot of daub before […]

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Gripping stuff

January 9, 2017by richardbrunningswht 2 Comments

Activity continues on both buildings despite being too cold for rendering. The cob walls inside the Roman building are being straightened out in preparation for plastering and the spaces between […]

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