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Timber Frame Barn Building
The management plan of the 15 acre ancient oak woodland at the Landmatters site started last winter with a government Life Into Landscapes grant that was given by the Devon Wildlife Trust. The first phase of the plan was to thin some of the over crowded trees to allow for regeneration of the area with younger trees. The work was carried out by volunteers and heavy horses were used to move the extracted timber. The thinnings were then used to start construction of a traditional timber framed hay barn on the top of the hill. The Landmatters site has approximately 27 acres of hay meadow – much of which is unimproved and therefore very rare wild flower and insect habitat. In order to maintain these fragile environments it is necessary to graze them and mow the hay. The hay barn is a greatly needed facility that will help the efforts to preserve and encourage the biodiversity of the meadows.
The use of the thinnings to construct the barn is a good example of Permaculture in practice. Human needs as well as the interests of the wildlife and landscape are all balanced and sustainable solutions found. To date two of the four timber frames needed to complete the barn have been built. The joints have all been cut using hand tools and the work has opened up many exciting opportunities for volunteers to learn timber framing skills.
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