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, 18 November 2012

Under floor heating goes in



Melv wrestles with a maize of pipes

Anyone would think he knows what he is doing!!

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Sunday, 11 November 2012

Its starting to look like a house!!!

What with the windows in and the render on the outside walls the old workshop is finally starting to look like a house.

As a long one storey building Melv split the outside rendering in half.

Matthew came and gave him a hand - as with the short days and poor weather it is hard to get enough time for the render to dry to get a finish on it before darkness.

It didn't seem to take long

Then the following morning - as if by magic....
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Sunday, 4 November 2012

No stopping us now...

Melv plasters the outside ready for the arrival of our windows

After a 6 week wait they finally arrive



 Melv prepares the sills

 And the first one is in



One down 4 to go...

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