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Re: Cruck Workshop
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02/05/11 02:45 PM
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Will B
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You're too much Jim. That cr-uck is slide show material; maybe you can bring it to the TTRAG Symposium.
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Re: Cruck Workshop
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02/05/11 03:58 PM
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Dave Shepard
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Tim, I don't know the exact date of the Cruck building. It was designed by Jack for my neigbor, and built by Phil Newey. Jack just told me about it yesterday. I'll ask him next week when it was built. It has two cruck pairs, and is an addition to the main barn.
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Re: Cruck Workshop
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02/06/11 03:14 PM
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Jim Rogers
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You're too much Jim. That cr-uck is slide show material; maybe you can bring it to the TTRAG Symposium. Joel already has the whole set of filler slides..... I gave them to him last conference.... Jim
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Re: Cruck Workshop
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02/13/11 08:19 AM
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Ken Hume
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Hi, For all of you cruck frame afficionados I thought that you might be interested in doing a bit of pre workshop reading and I am pleased to announce that a new book on crucks has just been published by Michael Nevell from The University of Salford. This costs £8.95 plus postage and contains 123 colour photos and drawings inside this 120 page book. Cahpter 1 can be downloaded from :- http://usir.salford.ac.uk/11925/1/Newton_Hall_Chapter_1_text_Nevell_Nov_2010.pdf and its worth doing this just to see the cover photo. I'm now off to receive 18 Compagnons du Devoir who are coming to study our late 16th century granary in Bramley today. Zut alor ! Group photo ? Regards Ken Hume
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Re: Cruck Workshop
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02/13/11 12:23 PM
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TIMBEAL
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Fourches? Did the French build cruck type buildings?
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Re: Cruck Workshop
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02/15/11 09:13 AM
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Ken Hume
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Hi Tim,
My knowledge of French framing is insufficient to answer your question with full confidence as to whether or not cruck constructon exists either in a localised fashion or on a more widespread basis in France.
Alcock et al (Merrion Jones) do make mention and provide examples of continental cruck construction in The Cruck Catalogue (your web reference is an extract from this book).
If you do not have a copy of this book then please PM me and I will send you a pdf file of the whole book (now out of print).
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Ken Hume
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Re: Cruck Workshop
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03/20/11 10:22 AM
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Ken Hume
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Hi,
I received my copy of the Newton Hall Cruck Buildings book yesterday and I have now had a chance to read through this in some detail.
One of the major research findings outlined in this book is that in one of the cruck buildings the sills are made out of long rectangular strips of sandstone (a bit like New England granite foundation stones) into which mortices were cut to take the cruck blade foot tenons and grooves for wattle & daub. This is the first time that I have seen an example of a true marriage being made between timber and stone.
This book is a must for anyone engaged in archaeology / conservation and design as it pulls together all of these threads demonstrating how these techniques have become established and especially how timber frame conservation practice has only evolved over a fairly recent times (1960's onward).
One thing that I did notice in the sources bibliography is that cruck apex types are referred to as "Alcock type X Y Z" with a complete absence of mention or reference made to the typology system ascribed by Betty Bunker in her earlier 1970's study of cruck framed buildings in Derbyshire & South Yorkshire.
The gazetteer of 72 cruck building plans and cross sections demonstrates just how clinical modern efforts are in attempting to recreate this particular building artform which according to Nevell are much more rustic in nature i.e. demonstrating a requirement to work with nature rather than expend too much energy in attempting to regularise same.
Copies can be ordered directly from Brian Grimsditch at Salford University. [contact email address - b.grimsditch "at" salford.ac.uk]{change "at" to @ and no spaces}
Regards
Ken Hume
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Re: Cruck Workshop
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03/21/11 01:26 PM
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Joel McCarty
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Any idea of pricing, Ken?
Number of pages, format, colour?
Illustrations?
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