The Manor House Project is the brain child of Mr. Jason Kingsley CBE and it is a big one, rooted within his ethos of living a chivalric life both within business and personal life, Jason is recreating a walled manor house from between the 12th to 15th Century. The build has been very organic in nature, where things have been allowed to develop over time into the beauty of a build that it is now, you can see window scaring, where a window was put in to then be bricked up again, period style components of masonry acquired from reclamations of older buildings have been incorporated into the new to give a real transitional feel to the building as it has progressed over the years.
With stunning wood, stone and metal work to be found throughout the build, created by artisanal craftsmen with a real passion for what they do. The Manor House Projects narrative, is that it is to be the home of a Norman invasion rebellion Lord and Lady and the Lords defiance for the Norman invading force can be found throughout the project, where if you know where to look you will find signs of the pagan lords defiance everywhere, with Greenman symbology, Futhorc Runic inscriptions and other symbology hidden away for those who are intrigued to discover, should they know what they are looking at.
This project has an amazing story to tell, illustrated by traditional ironwork that has been made and fitted to its fabric not only giving a decorative feel to this one of a kind home, but a real otherworldly feel, everything about this build is bespoke, from hand cut stone, timber milled and dried on site, to the metal work ranging from heavy clinching nails to gothic style locks and door furniture.
With stunning wood, stone and metal work to be found throughout the build, created by artisanal craftsmen with a real passion for what they do. The Manor House Projects narrative, is that it is to be the home of a Norman invasion rebellion Lord and Lady and the Lords defiance for the Norman invading force can be found throughout the project, where if you know where to look you will find signs of the pagan lords defiance everywhere, with Greenman symbology, Futhorc Runic inscriptions and other symbology hidden away for those who are intrigued to discover, should they know what they are looking at.
This project has an amazing story to tell, illustrated by traditional ironwork that has been made and fitted to its fabric not only giving a decorative feel to this one of a kind home, but a real otherworldly feel, everything about this build is bespoke, from hand cut stone, timber milled and dried on site, to the metal work ranging from heavy clinching nails to gothic style locks and door furniture.
Modern History TV
Jason is also the driving force behind the popular Modern History TV channel on YouTube, where he discusses all things medieval, from arms and combat, rush lighting to woad dying and other things that the everyday person would have come into contact with, the good and the down right disgusting!
Jason is also the driving force behind the popular Modern History TV channel on YouTube, where he discusses all things medieval, from arms and combat, rush lighting to woad dying and other things that the everyday person would have come into contact with, the good and the down right disgusting!
The Work
The Portcullis
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The portcullis, just like the rest of this project was a real team effort not just to build but to put into place too, alongside the team at Arcadian Restoration.
The timber framers constructed the solid oak portcullis, got it up on its scaffold frame, with all of the joints drilled ready to accept the bolts which would be hot riveted on site inside the gatehouse room, in readiness to drop it down into it's runners before the roof was finalised. It was then a team effort to ensure there was no jamming as it was lowered into place, as you will be able to see in the opposite video, it went in perfectly. The aesthetic works continue in this space, as we move uo into the room above with the addition of the chain trough and lifting gear, so we can get the portcullis working. |