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Carpenter Oak & Woodland has had no fewer than three oak timber frame homes featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs.

Channel 4’s Grand Designs, presented by Kevin McCloud, is one of television’s favourite architectural programmes – highlighting as it does some of the most stunning, and challenging, home-building projects.

Carpenter Oak & Woodland has been featured three times on Grand Designs – for three oak timber frame projects that vary from the contemporary to the traditional.

Contemporary green oak timber cruck frame house in Argyll, Scotland

One of the most memorable Grand Designs was this timber frame house in Argyll, Scotland, with stunning views of the Isle of Arran.

Contemporary cruck oak framed house, Argyll – as featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs

The design mixes the most traditional with the most modern – a time-proven green oak cruck timber frame at the heart of a house that also used concrete, steel and zinc extensively. It sounds like it shouldn’t work, but this oak framed house carries off the contrast between old and new magnificently.

Find out more about the green oak cruck frame house, as featured on Grand Designs

 

Contemporary oak timber frame house in Berkshire, England

This oak framed house was referred to by Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud as the ‘cruciform house’ – as the oak frame was set out in the form of a cross.

The ‘cruciform’ house featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs

This oak frame home mixes modern exterior styling with a more traditional interior, where the beams of the green oak frame become one of the main features of the house. The shape of this unique oak framed house gives it splendid views in every direction. Kevin McCloud said that the oak frame house “reaches out into the landscape and the world outside, grabs it and brings it indoors”.

Find out more about the cruciform house as featured on Grand Designs

 

The English Barn – oak frame house in Berkshire, England

Based on the traditional English oak frame barn, this house features a stunning glass atrium and an open-air conservatory – bringing light into this hand-crafted home.

Interior of the English Barn in Berkshire, featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs

The oak frame was built using time-proven, traditional methods and is held together using hand-made wooden pegs. The oak timber frame was built at our timber framing yard near Chippenham – and was assembled on site in just three days.

Find out more about the English Barn, as featured on Grand Designs