From the proverbial acorn of an idea, Oakwrights have made it possible to take history into classrooms across the length and breadth of the country from Plymouth to Newcastle and from London to Ulswater and 80 schools in between. I had the idea for children to build a 1/3 scale timber-... [More]

       Our gardener, Trevor, has been very busy making preparation in readiness for the busy season at our show home. Generally, the garden is low maintenance, but with “no maintenance”, Trevor has had his work cut out! Spring is always a very bu... [More]

The first job on site was to buy and install a large static caravan to live in while the build commenced. As the drive way onto the site was steep and quite narrow this proved to be an interesting operation. However with a skilful lorry driver and quite a bit of pushing and shoving the caravan was e... [More]

I spent last Sunday evening in Hereford working with a small Oakwrights team and a team from RRA architects to set up an event eco event pavilion in the centre of Hereford High Town. This brought back many memories for me as the last time I had worked in Hereford city centre was when in... [More]

The 3D model, sent to the client showing the frames Oakwrights are proposing to build   My love of carpentry started over twenty five years ago when I was a young man with a love for old oak frame buildings. Living in Herefordshire this led me to spe... [More]