45TH ANNUAL WOOD AWARDS
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EDUCATION & PUBLIC SECTOR: CONSERVATION & REPAIR OF HARMONDSWORTH BARN
Location: Harmondsworth, Middlesex Architect: Ptolemy Dean Architects Client/owner: English Heritage Structural Engineer: Historic England Main contractor & Joinery: Owlsworth IJP Wood Supplier: Whippletree Wood species: English Oak
Harmondsworth Barn is England’s largest surviving timber-framed medieval barn yet it was considered a health hazard by current owner English Heritage when it rescued the building after years of neglect. The oak framed and weather boarded Grade 1 listed barn built by Winchester
College in 1426 is an outstanding example of medieval carpentry, with one of the most intact interiors of the period. At almost 60 m long, 12 m wide and 11 m tall, with 13 huge oak trusses holding up the roof, its conservation and repair was no small undertaking.
The use of timber and the skills of heritage craftsman were pivotal to the complex structural repair, which included the removal of the entire roof to rectify the lopsided frame and reinstate the historic arrangement covered by emergency struc- tural work undertaken in the 1990s. “It’s a work of art”, says Nadir Halisch, project manager, English Heritage. “The timber looks beautiful. The scale of work and craftsmanship are impressive, it has been delicately and sensitively done.”
The scale of work and craftsmanship are impressive
Nadir Halisch, English Heritage OTHER SHORTLISTED PROJECTS
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