Woodworking Workshop: Timber Framing

Discover the tradition of timber framing and learn how raw, axe-hewn logs become the bones of a building at Avalon Archaeology. Over two days, you’ll learn the essential skills of scribing, cutting, and joining timber using only hand tools, while exploring the methods that early medieval craftspeople relied on to raise their homes and halls. Your work will contribute to a living heritage project that transforms trees into a standing timber frame building.

What You’ll Learn

• The basics of timber frame construction
• How to scribe and cut traditional joints
• Use of hand tools: axes, chisels, and saws
• Early medieval methods of marking and measuring frames
• Collaborative building techniques leading to a frame raising

Meet the Tutors

This course will be ran by Marc Cox of Newhaven Coppice Ltd., Tom Gallon of Bourne Valley Timber Frames and David Wilson of High Elms Timberworks. All three have worked on a huge variety of projects across the UK and Europe; both independently and as part of the Carpenters Fellowship and Charpentiers Sans Frontiers.

Practical Information

• No prior experience required
• A general level of fitness is recommended due to the physical nature of the activity
• Tea, coffee, and refreshments provided