Architects: Material Cultures Photography: Rachel Hayton Construction Period: 2020 Location: Graythwaite State, United Kingdom
The timber frame was built using green larch: a locally sourced, fast growing softwood milled at Graythwaite Estate sawmill, pegged together with oak dowels hewn from locally forested oak. Eliminating the need for concrete footings, the structure sits on a dry-stone wall plinth, built under the guidance of John Atkinson using a technique which is ubiquitous across the Lake District for everything from farm walls to fine houses. Uplift on the eaves of the structure is resisted by a series of boulders from the quarry at Broughton Moor chained to the rafters, and embedded into the earth banks either side of the structure. A gate of irregular timber was provided by renowned oak swill craftsman Owen Jones MBE.
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