Hi Tim,

This title would be one of my 3 essential reading books for every timber framer to buy.

A number of years back a group of us met Cecil at Cressing Temple. He brought all of his original Historic Carpentry illustrations with him in a folder and when he opened the folder inside the very draughty wheat bearn the illustrations promtly blew away. We all had to make a mad dash to recover the airbourne paper.

Cecil's text style can make for difficult reading at times but the content is extremely useful as a reference work which over time really should be updated especially as and when dendro dates are established for many of his buildings.

Regards

Ken Hume