woodwrights NEWS and recent Photos
Oak Dormers
These now finished oak framed dormers are for a bathroom and a bedroom for a major house renovation in Terenure, Co. Dublin.
A window seat in the bedroom gives the perfect space to read a book. With plenty of light streaming in the plain white decor and oiled oak work makes for a clean natural feel to the rooms.
Two peaceful havens from the outside world.
I made these two traditionally framed oak garden buildings seven years ago and re-visited recently.
The gazebo features a cleft oak balustrade and a roof with rafters which taper toward the apex lightening the look of the framing. The arched pergola is now covered in climbing flowering roses. Both frames have weathered to a lovely silver grey.
2 March 2009
28 September 2009
Rathfarnham: Traditionally jointed oak frame bridge.
One year on and I am delighted to report that the oak bridge I made for St. Enda’s park in Dublin for the OPW is looking very well. Happily, there is only a touch of graffiti and the oak has seasoned very well. Joggers were running across, walkers stopped to lean on the chunky handrails and listen to the woods and the water. All very pleasing to see my work in such a setting.
19 August 2009
Verandah in Co. Dublin
This new attached oak verandah by Woodwrights forms an attractive cover over the back patio in this Co. Dublin semi-detached house.
A simple oak frame has transformed the space giving privacy, shade, and protection from the summer and winter rain.
Keeping the frame high over the back door ensures that all but the high summer sun continues to enter the living room.
Adding to the relaxed feeling of the new space is an enormous hammock which can be quickly hung from the oak frame. Sunny days!
15 September 2009
20 November 2009
Oak Framed Conservatory at Barberstown Castle Hotel, Co. Kildare
This wide span oak-framed, glazed conservatory building extends the already large space available for weddings and gatherings at this fine hotel.
All of the oak was planed and oiled to give a fine finish.
15 July 2010
Claregalway Castle revealed at last; good article in the Irish Times
Finally, getting around to updating this website – such is the way of the timber craftsman.
Anyhow a very good article in the Irish Times on the work at Claregalway Castle with some nice photos of my timberwork.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0714/1224274653424.html
It is fantastic to see the scaffolding finally come down revealing the restored castled looking so good after all the hard work put in by all those on-site. The new battlements, superbly realised in cut stone by Jean-Baptiste Mauduit, ably assisted by Sebastian Osuch, are a masterpiece.
I made a revised oak framed fumerel and designed two rope operable slatted louvers for it. As ever on-site Mike Herwood organised everything excellently, so that we could raise it all. Martin Cunningham and I did the cladding and all looked well when done: it’s never easy doing joinery “up in the air”.
Inside the castle, my oakwork – the heavy beamed ceiling of the ground floor, the carved minstrels’ gallery with croqueted finials, and the Great Hall roof with two storey gallery and loft– all look better than ever.
15 July 2010
Living room roof and Mezzanine
Almost finished now and looking good in Co. Lois is this oak framed roof and beamed gallery. The king post truss highlights the roof over the fireplace and at the other end of the room a full queen post cross-frame supports the roof and the new gallery, a perfect place to relax.
July 2011:
Just raised: Traditionally framed and jointed barn in Irish oak was made by Paul Price to shelter the existing replica viking ship at the Irish National Heritage Park, Wexford. With excellent assistance from Eoin Donnelly and his Muintir na Coille team the frame raising went very well indeed.
