The Somerset village of Stawell

Stawell is recorded in the Domesday Book. The name is thought to come from the Saxon words for 'Stoney Stream' or well and may allude to the pond at Ford Farm. Objects which lie in this water become encrusted with lime and the conditions are perfect for the creation of 'Tufa' a type of limestone which forms in close proximity to bodies of water with a high content of dissolved minerals. Tufa, a very light rock was used to make the vaults of Wells Cathedral. Mill Barn used to be part of Ford Farm and generated electricity to power the mill from that very stream and it too has some walls made from Tufa.



Sunday, 28 October 2012

Inside and Outside

Inside and outside work continues...

As we lay the damp proof membrane and the insulation inside the main room

Seems to make what is quite a big room even bigger

4 inches thick its gonna be a bit different from the caravan.


Melv makes the best of one of the fine days which ave been few and far between


with a coat of render on the end wall.
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