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timber details to match existing timber details, making
the cottage both watertight and accessible. Structural
repairs carried out include repointing external and
internal stonework with lime mortar and harling on the
cottage walls. Steel conservation rooflights have been
fitted on the rear elevation of the building to maximise
natural light entering the bothy.
Brudon Joinery has restored the cottage using local
materials. Using their bespoke joinery workshop and
in-house CNC machine, Brudon Joinery has also manufactured and sourcing timber shingles through a local
contractor to blend with historic original features and the
local landscape. In addition to repairing the fabric of the
building, the architects have sympathetically reinstated
the wooden covered entrance porch to the exterior of the
property, an original feature of the cottage discovered
through historic survey drawings during archival research
for the project.
Internally, timber flooring has been laid over the solum
on new floor joists, as well as repairing and replacing
existing hearth stones where required. The existing timber
roof structure has been sanded and hand-oiled for an
exposed, dark-timber oil finish. Original fireplaces and
chimneys have also been restored to working condition.
Brudon Joinery has also re-installed 12 pane timber sash
and case windows, complete with a new timber front door
and feature ‘twig’ detailing to the Porch to match existing
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