The Farmstead

Contractor : PJ O'Shea of Smartbuild Conservation Ltd

First sills are in and the scaffolding is now up.

 Almost ready for the stone window heads and gable ends this week.

Window and Door detail

Beautiful New Dry Stone Wall Detail

Roof Trusses and Gable End Details of Outbuildings

Concrete blocks place along the eave and gable walls to provide fixing for

 counter battens and battens. 

Trusses on the Old Goats House Outbuilding

Some interesting artwork for dry stone walls

Source unknown

Anna Gillespie Fuses Nature and Art in her Figurative Sculptures Made of Acorns, Beechnut Casing

Stone wall detail

Stacked Stone Wall Texture - Andrew Goldsworthy

Saturday evening - panoramic view

Men at work!

Preparation for the foundations for the boundary walls into the compound 

Pouring of concrete today

Foundation trench for the main wall through the site where

 the pedestrian and main entrance gates will be positioned

Roof Trusses for both Outbuildings ready for Felting and Slate Tiles

Building C -The Old Cart House

 Building B -The Old Goats' Shed

View from the South

Roofing done by Brian Healy Carpentry Ltd, Co Kilkenny

Roof going up on Building B - the old Goats' Shed

Detail showing the wall plate, the wall plate straps and the tipped-up cement block which provides the anchor for the wall plates, battens and counter battens to take the slate.

The Stone Outbuildings - Building B - Proposed Pump House and Storage

Gables up and ready for roof

South gable being re-built

Vegetated view from the South

Almost ready for the roof

North gable built up

Up to flagstone level and roof plate level

New stone corner detail

The opening infilled with stone

Building B - the proposed pump house and storage - hidden in vegetation.

View from the Courtyard

 SOUTH

Evening light

The Stone Outbuildings - Building C - Proposed Garden Shed and Storage

While the old farmstead has been patiently waiting for its stone outfit, the solid stone outbuildings are reappearing, course by course in beautiful Irish sandstone and granite....

Up to flagstone level

View from inside the courtyard

View from the neighbour's property

Up to the flagstone level

Work started from the outside boundary wall

Preparation for the foundations

Hidden in the vegetation - Building C - Proposed Garden Shed

Site Plan

A  - Old Farmstead

B - Proposed Pump House and Storage

C - Proposed Garden Shed