Oxfordshire Woodland Group

The Harcourt Arboretum cruck framed craft shelter will be built on a woodland site next to the hazel coppice and charcoal making area.

The cruck frame footprint is 10metres x 5 metres

An existing H&S design has been edited to produce a scale 3bay cruck "placeholder" image that has been mounted on the Harcourt cruck footprint area to provide a photomontage image of how a cruck timber-framed building might appear in this location. The roof shown is steeper & higher than the Harcourt cruck.

It is planned to use the craft shelter for green woodworking activities such as Corracle, Lath and Windsor chair making. See :-

Windsor Chair Making

Lath Making

Corracle Making

Shingles

Ken Hume
Executive Trustee - Oxfordshire Woodland Group

Now check out Cruck Frame 2 - Layout - Scribing

Despite Chilterns gloomy predictions the intervening weather has been dry and so upon arrival at site on the morning of Saturday 29th June 2013 the foundation pads had been dug, backfilled with hardcore, compacted and pads placed ready to accept the cruck timber frame.

The frame erection crew soon set to work drilling the limestone pads to accept stainless steel post locator rods.

Now check out the cruck raising sequence

Ken Hume
Executive Trustee - Oxfordshire Woodland Group