2001

Putting the footers with reinforced steel for strong foundation.

2002

Angelcynn's little helper Marc Meadowcroft.

2002

Laying of the foundation.

2002

Completion of foundation. Split face concrete blocks, which gives a granite look.

2003

Milled oak arrives. Two articulated lories.

2003

Crucks arriving.

2003

Crucks arrive. Two articulated lories.

2003

Unloading crucks.

2003

Preparing to split crucks.

2003

Arial view of the awesome task ahead.

2003-4

First attempt at splitting of cruck.

2003-4

Mortice joint for wall construction 2"-6"-3.5" deep.

2003-4

Laying out of morticing wall plates.

2003-4

Tenon joint for wall construction 2"-6"-3.5" in length.

2003-4

Wall stud timber for window.

2003-4

Example of mortice and tenon now pegged together.

2003-4

Completion of window.

2003-4

Completion of a triple window for the Great Heall.

2003-4

Entrance to Angelcynn Heall.

2003-4

Internal wall plate, dove-tailed into the external wall plate.

2003-4

Erecting walls with Cyning's little helpers, Adriana, Marc and Ashley.

2003-4

Main Heall walls completed north and south. Which are 75' long.

2003-4

West wall of the Great Heall which is 30' wide.

2003-4

Cyning cleaning out of lap dove-tailed joint for tie beam.

2003-4

Lap dove-tail for tie beam .

2003-4

Cyning cutting out the male end of the lap dove-tail for tie beam.

2003-4

Forklift positioning tie beam in Main Heall.

2003-4

Cyning fitting tie beam.

2003-4

South facing wall completed with all windows and doorways.

2003-4

Side view of garage 25'x25'.

2003-4

East end of Heall with garage addition totaling 55' of length.

2003-4

Sill beams tenoned together.

2003-4

Floor joist covering three of the five bays of the Main Heall.

2003-4

Floor joist from three bays in Main Heall, all the way over to the garage.

2003-4

Looking down from the upper level to be, into the Main Great Heall.

Tools of cruck construction.

Cyning adzing a beam 2006.

Cruck / Cruck Framed / Blade

- form of roof construction in which the roof is carried on pairs of naturally curved timbers (crucks) joined at the ridge and combining the functions of upright post and rafter (full crucks) or embedded into the wallhead (upper crucks). Often involves very sophisticated joinery. Crucks are referred to as blades in some parts of England.