16th CENTURY house and former pub - works to mitigate against damp and wood rot
Subject to planning approval, inspection and paint removal trials, work was undertaken to reduce damp in the rubble stone walls and rot to the timber frame
This section to the front of the original building had been encapsulated in cement repairs and a thick build-up of impermeable masonry paint
The finished front stone wall with the paint removed and repointed with lime putty-based mortar; a 3m long section of seasoned English oak and a new French drain have been added
The rear elevation where rising damp had become trapped by new paving, an inadequate French drain, slate upstand and cement repairs/fills - much of the oak soleplate had rotted
The aim was to keep as much of the original oak as possible - repaired with lime mortars in places and a new section of seasoned oak scarfed in on the right hand side
A line was cut across the modern stone paving to widen the French drain - which was carefully dug out (with the permission of the County Archaeologist) and lined with a permeable ground membrane before new gravel was added; the exposed old oak (and the new) was protected and toned-in with casein paint; lime pointing and a lime mortar haunch throw off rainwater; all the materials can better 'breathe'
16th century thatched cottage - ceiling repair and lime plastering
tudor cottage - conservation of BRICK panels AND OAK FRAME
