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SelfBuild & Design Sept 2008

SelfBuild & Design specialises in essential information and updates on building and planning issues for homebuilders and renovators, whilst providing them encouragement to fulfil their dreams and aspirations. One fine example of these modern day builders is in the September’s cover story featuring a family who create their dream oak barn house into an exciting and contemporary dwelling.

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SelfBuild & Design September 2008

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WW Magazines Ltd

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The owners of Lamper Head decided to completely restore the property into a contemporary family home. Originally built back in 1991, the building was the first new full cruck dwelling in this country for the past three hundred years.

Green oak frames for the barn-style main rooms were designed and erected using giant curving timbers from floor level to form the apex of the fifty foot long roof by Carpenter Oak and Woodland Co Ltd. This created the effect of a typical 15^th century hall house, complete with a huge fireplace presiding over the room. Carpenter Oak and Woodland Co Ltd were called upon again when further frames were used throughout the property including the new green oak frame for the swimming pool which was constructed in the garden and then craned into place.

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