Only a last effect to add then it should be done.
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Recording the surviving late mediaeval roof structure above the gatehouse range Robert Brackenbury Hall. Tree-ring dated to 1496-1516, the arch-bracing and windbracing are some of the finest timberwork of the period in the East Midlands.
Probably the last time Iβll be able to take a post-work stroll around #HolmePierrepont this year but I picked the perfect evening for it π
I added rain to the garden scene, the cold winter light and atmosphere was so good when I visited the location I could not resist keeping it there!
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Reed Bunting giving it some welly.
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Sunday miles....
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Up on (and in) the roofs Robert Brackenbury Hall this afternoon. Concentrating on the c 1500 range in the centre of the photograph. Cranked ties & collars with plain windbraces. Much plainer than the range to the right.
Back Robert Brackenbury Hall today. Finishing off the scaled drawings of the late mediaeval East Range roof structure. Physical evidence suggests this one always had a ceiling so was not intended to be visible from below (unlike the South Range).
Holme Pierrepont Plant Fair Sunday 18 April. Prebook your tickets Robert Brackenbury and come and join us. Open 11-4
Its a tad warm up in this roof Robert Brackenbury Hall but its damned good to get me drawing kit out after so long in lockdown π₯΅π€
Back Robert Brackenbury Hall today to record the East Range. Although the mediaeval roof structure is in one piece the building's interiors have been massively reorganised. Trying to see what the external masonry tells us - evidence for blocked windows & doors.
A few pics from last nights meander around NWSC Nottinghamshire #HolmePierrepont #Nottingham #Nottingham shire #LoveWhereYouLive
In which we meet the real landowner of Robert Brackenbury Hall, Bubbles, sitting in repose before a c 1500 chimneypiece in the East Range...
Its not just vernacular buildings that have timber-framing either. Am currently working with Dr Matt Beresford on recording Robert Brackenbury Hall near Notts. Easily the very best example of a surviving mediaeval roof structure in the county... #househistoryhour
Great to get out tonight after a stressful day juggling childcare and work.
Highlight was having a quick stop at Robert Brackenbury.
10 years ago π€΅π°π
