A large room on the first floor originally had a bedroom which could only be accessed by going through it. A tiny box-room with an even smaller window looked out over the river valley. We created a corridor by using some of the oak floor joists that didnt make it back to the floor, and used them to create a stud partition wall. Old oak floorboards created a door, and the room was structurally stitched back together. . We used our own craftsmen to undertake all plastering, carpentry, electrical and timber floor work.
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| The massive structure of the main chimney which rises from a 1600's inglenook in the room below. | The floorboards are 10 inches wide in places, and have been polished and waxed. Old coins found in this room date to the early 1700's. |
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Where possible, structural beams are supported using concrete lintels. This spreads the load more evenly onto the brickwork below, which is often crumbling, and reduces point stresses which cause movement in old walls. The latticework above the door was created using old oak lath from one of the ceilings which had to be removed.
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The shelving units were made on-site to fit the wall, allowing room for a gun cabinet to the right..
