An Speir - Mid-Summer and Mid-Winter - West Elevation 2018

Up go the insulated block walls .....

Geo Thermal Borehole

The site has been sculpt to create the base platform for the house and to create access for the Geo-thermal borehole drilling. 

The drilling of the Geo-thermal borehole happened today 

by Tom Fogarty Drilling

Breaking new ground!

Platform has been defined and the top soil removed in preparation for the

 ground works of the new passive house!

Original axonometric sketch

Jennie Castle

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

Sketch Site Plan

Sketch : Jennie Castle

Sketch Axonometric

Sketch : Jennie Castle

Sketch Site Elevation

Sketch : Jennie Castle