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.



Tuesday, 12 February 2013

We will soon be warm and cosy

Melv puts the insulation in the roof

Double the thickness needed of course

Then real progress - what are these men doing

putting in the log burner of course

We will soon be toasting our toes - what a whopper!!
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Sunday, 10 February 2013

While Sal has been away Melv has been busy...

From putting up ceilings

plastering


insulating the walls
and the roof
laying the hearth

we are now ready for the log burner to go in - which is happening tomorrow - how exciting is that...
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