Wattle & Daub Garden Shed.
We have named our garden shed The Bat House after a pipistrelle bat spent a night or two on the walls in the the autumn of 2006. The Bat Conservation Trust has confirmed that it is a bat roost (see photographs in 'Latest News')
1.Frame and wall construction showing wattle hurdles and 'daub' mud mix. 22nd August 2006.
2. Construction of the wattle and daub building. Rob Buckley working on the 'living roof'. 23rd August 2006
3. The wattle and daub building almost completed - 9th January 2007.
4.South facing elevation. The building has yet to have five thin coats of lime wash.
5. Window detail. The Living roof has a thin layer of low fertility soil and gravel and will support such low growing shingle ridge plants as sea campion and thrift.
7.Rear elevation.This west facing wall is liable to flood damage. The small pitched roof with its reclaimed Welsh slates affords protection to the roof garden. At present we believe the pipistrelle is roosting in its easily accessed cavity.
Building in situ. The last element in the garden to be completed is the re-pointing and capping of the ancient North Wall.