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Mr Trophy said:
What was the random peice of wood sticking out of the house at the end all about?
You mean below the door that opened out onto solely onto that piece of random wood? I can only think it was part of the listed planning permission requirements to preserve original features.Red Firecracker said:
Mr Trophy said:
What was the random peice of wood sticking out of the house at the end all about?
You mean below the door that opened out onto solely onto that piece of random wood? I can only think it was part of the listed planning permission requirements to preserve original features.Wacky Racer said:
Mr Trophy said:
What was the random peice of wood sticking out of the house at the end all about?
That's what I was wondering....
Looked f
king ridiculous...Perhaps it was to add olde worlde "character"......
It was a mill in a previous life, wasn't it?
gtr-gaz said:
That would have been the original overhanging beam used to raise the bags of corn / flour.
It was a mill in a previous life, wasn't it?
The big gaff with the apartments now in it was t'mill, this place was the apprentice store. However, it was probably a lift/hoist of some sort that had to be kept/referenced for the planners.It was a mill in a previous life, wasn't it?
gtr-gaz said:
Wacky Racer said:
Mr Trophy said:
What was the random peice of wood sticking out of the house at the end all about?
That's what I was wondering....Looked f
king ridiculous...Perhaps it was to add olde worlde "character"......
It was a mill in a previous life, wasn't it?
Is it just me, or did anyone else wonder why a building like this was worthy of Grade 2 listing? Essentially it was just two mis-matched industrial sheds badly joined together at some time in the distant past. The second section had a different roof line and was made from what looked like re-constituded bath-stone breeze blocks in places. The other buildings around it actually looked ok, but I could see very little architectural merit in the mill building itself.
I'd have been tempted to let the whole thing slip down the hill into a heap of rubble and then build something that might actually be pleasant and practical to live in from the debris.
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I'd have been tempted to let the whole thing slip down the hill into a heap of rubble and then build something that might actually be pleasant and practical to live in from the debris.
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I said the to SWMBO while we were watching it.
What would have happened if it had "accidentally" fell over/slid away into a pile of wreckage?
It might have been cheaper and easier to build from the ground up, something that was reminiscent of the mill but to your own spec.
I'd have been tempted to let the whole thing slip down the hill into a heap of rubble and then build something that might actually be pleasant and practical to live in from the debris.
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I said the to SWMBO while we were watching it.
What would have happened if it had "accidentally" fell over/slid away into a pile of wreckage?
It might have been cheaper and easier to build from the ground up, something that was reminiscent of the mill but to your own spec.
i have annoyed the wife with this so it's your turn now..
we need a grand designs drinking game.
everytime mcloud (who seemed infinitely better this week than in recent series) says the words:
Carbon Footprint = 1 drink
Sustainable = 1 drink
Concrete = one shot
Underfloor heating = half a pint
Glazing = one shot
Innovative = down your pint
Finish(es) = one shot...
Please add...!
we need a grand designs drinking game.
everytime mcloud (who seemed infinitely better this week than in recent series) says the words:
Carbon Footprint = 1 drink
Sustainable = 1 drink
Concrete = one shot
Underfloor heating = half a pint
Glazing = one shot
Innovative = down your pint
Finish(es) = one shot...
Please add...!
On a listed building, that could be a nightmare. A mate had a listed barn that was in a worse state. When they started work, it became unstable and collapsed. he is now being prosecuted for destroying a listed building even though they intend rebuilding it and they have all the surveys showing that it would almost certainly fall down. The listed building people think he should have numbered every stone before it fell down so they could all be put back in the same location. Twunts.
Do you remember the one where the guy rebuild a listed ancient monument.
It was an old castle.
During the build a load of internal walls fell down while they were filming it.
They actually made him rebuild the internal walls with breeze blocks laid flat on their sides.
I was expecting some jobsworth to insist that the original stones were reused to the original style.
It was an old castle.
During the build a load of internal walls fell down while they were filming it.
They actually made him rebuild the internal walls with breeze blocks laid flat on their sides.
I was expecting some jobsworth to insist that the original stones were reused to the original style.
Edited by odyssey2200 on Friday 30th January 09:04
AstonZagato said:
On a listed building, that could be a nightmare. A mate had a listed barn that was in a worse state. When they started work, it became unstable and collapsed. he is now being prosecuted for destroying a listed building even though they intend rebuilding it and they have all the surveys showing that it would almost certainly fall down. The listed building people think he should have numbered every stone before it fell down so they could all be put back in the same location. Twunts.
"What are you doing?"
"Numbering the bricks, innit"
"Why"
"Buildings unsafe, could fall down at any moment, need to put the bricks back in the right place"
"If the buildings unsafe, don't you think being inside it writing on the wall is a bad move?"
"Yeah, but I got to number the bricks innit".
Smashing.
scotal said:
AstonZagato said:
On a listed building, that could be a nightmare. A mate had a listed barn that was in a worse state. When they started work, it became unstable and collapsed. he is now being prosecuted for destroying a listed building even though they intend rebuilding it and they have all the surveys showing that it would almost certainly fall down. The listed building people think he should have numbered every stone before it fell down so they could all be put back in the same location. Twunts.
"What are you doing?"
"Numbering the bricks, innit"
"Why"
"Buildings unsafe, could fall down at any moment, need to put the bricks back in the right place"
"If the buildings unsafe, don't you think being inside it writing on the wall is a bad move?"
"Yeah, but I got to number the bricks innit".
Smashing.
EFA
"What are you doing?"
"Numbering the bricks, innit"
"Why"
"Buildings unsafe, could fall down at any moment, need to put the bricks back in the right place"
"If the buildings unsafe, don't you think being inside it writing on the wall is a bad move?"
"Yeah, but I got to number the bricks innit, sose I can built it 'zactly the same again".
"But surely it would just fall down again if it's built in exactly the same way"
"That's why I got to number the bricks innit"
odyssey2200 said:
Do you remember the one where the guy rebuild a listed ancient monument.
It was an old castle.
During the build a load of internal walls fell down while they were filming it.
They actually made him rebuild the internal walls with breeze blocks laid flat on their sides.
I was expecting some jobsworth to insist that the original stones were reused to the original style.
There was actually a very reasonable explanation for that and unusually for a Heritage body, quite sensible. What they were concerned about was the time line of the building being preserved, so the concrete blocks would show that that work was done in a set time frame, separate from the original. It was an old castle.
During the build a load of internal walls fell down while they were filming it.
They actually made him rebuild the internal walls with breeze blocks laid flat on their sides.
I was expecting some jobsworth to insist that the original stones were reused to the original style.
Edited by odyssey2200 on Friday 30th January 09:04
Saying that I'm not sure if that was the fallen down bit or the new supporting wall? I seem to remember that they needed new supporting walls to be able to put a roof back on?
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