OAK
FRAMED HOUSE (The Longhouse) Kilcreggan, Argyll One year to build, despite setbacks during a rough winter in 2003 Cost: PS380,000 (PS150,000 over budget).
The pictures of Jennifer and Colin Creese's self-built oak
framed house featured last week were taken by Jeremy Phillips
The vine-obscured, wood
framed house is on the market for $8.49 million, but veteran Palm Beach real estate agent Douglas Rill called it a very ordinary property.
Black-and-white timber
framed house Moated, with a Hazel walk.
Indeed,on one site in Cardiff, a steel
framed house was erected in six weeks.
And the first house they visit is indeed an oak
framed house although that's not at first apparent.
ORGANISER S behind the restoration of a prestigious Grammer School with one of the oldest histories in the Midlands and a 15th century timber
framed house in Kings Norton, the winners of BBC Restoration 2004, are appealing for sponsors.
A remarkable oak
framed house, Neuadd Cynhinfa in Dolannog, takes centre stage in the programme.
Included in the pounds 325,000 asking price is the photogenic, timber
framed house thought to date from the 16th century and with later additions.
We have been building wooden
framed houses in Europe for centuries, but most houses in England are brick and block.
Four steel
framed houses, complete with fitted kitchens and bathrooms and double glazing, are to be slotted together on site in Blackburn, Lancashire, that legendary home of 4,000 holes.