Cruck House Plans By Brian Vanden Brink Image Brian Vanden Brink Design Jack Sobon Builder Timber framer Jack Sobon built this cool little cottage in western Massachusetts using cruck framing a medieval technique that probably originated in Britain
A cruck frame is one where the structure of the building depends on two or more A frames which go from the top of the building down to the ground A graceful hammer beam joins and supports them Dimensions are 16 x 24 from outside to outside of the posts two bay design 2 foot rafter overhangs 1 4 gable overhangs Height to top of rafters at ridge 18 7 Height to top of plates 10 0 Embellished rafter tails and hammer beam ends
Cruck House Plans
Cruck House Plans
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Would you like to build a versatile cabin with a rich historical tradition This 24 36 Saltbox is typical of the style commonly found in New England It has the characteristic one story rear and two story front of the saltbox style The footprint of this frame measures 16 x 24 from outside to outside of the posts The two bay design includes 2 foot rafter overhangs and 1 4 gable overhangs You will have a soaring ceiling in your finished space The height to the top of rafters at ridge is 18 7 starting from a height at the top of plates of 10 0
Crucks are made quite simply by selecting an oak or occasionally an elm with a stout lower branch felling the tree and squaring off the trunk then sawing it in two vertically The result should be a symmetrical pair of curving or elbowed blades 26 August 2022
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A cruck frame is one in which curving timbers are used to frame a building extending from the floor to the roof peak replacing a post and its braces Cruck frames have a long history in England where they ran out of straight trees centuries ago and were left having to do the more difficult work of building load bearing frames with curved beams The plans are taking shape Gable end cruck frame bent to scale Round rafters will be bent laminated cherry timbers on a 13 4 radius Side wall view to scale The big plate timber is the defining piece and determines the length of the building The cruck blades are roughly to scale 16 feet long and have a splendid curve to them
Cruck Frame 2018 The cruck frame is an eccentric expression of local mega flora While some timberframes represent themselves through engineering prowess see Hammerbeam or hawksdale angles in compound joinery the humble cruck is an ode to timber sourcing and to the geologic forces to which forests on hillsides are subject Cruck Framed House A sensitive restoration of a Grade II listed cottage dating from the 15th Century including extensive demolition and a structural re build utilising natural breathable building materials green oak cork insulation and lime plaster The work required the demolition of the outbuildings and 1970 s extensions the removal
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By Brian Vanden Brink Image Brian Vanden Brink Design Jack Sobon Builder Timber framer Jack Sobon built this cool little cottage in western Massachusetts using cruck framing a medieval technique that probably originated in Britain
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Cruck House Plans - Would you like to build a versatile cabin with a rich historical tradition This 24 36 Saltbox is typical of the style commonly found in New England It has the characteristic one story rear and two story front of the saltbox style
