The palette

Stone below, white calcite between spruce timbers above, a dark deepslate slate roof. The roof is the biggest surface and the darkest: it frames the light walls under it.

Techniques

• Jettied upper floor
• Timber framing with braces
• Slate roof in courses
• Cross gables
• Formal garden

The steps

1. Footing
2. Floor
3. Ground floor posts
4. Front stone wall
5. Side stone walls
6. Back stone wall
7. Doors and sills
8. Jetty corbels
9. Floor beams
10. First floor
11. Timber posts
12. Front infill
13. Side and back infill
14. Diagonal braces
15. Balcony door
16. Eaves beams
17. Roof: eaves
18. Roof: course 2
19. Roof: course 3
20. Roof: course 4
21. Roof: course 5
22. Roof: course 6
23. Roof: course 7
24. Roof: ridge
25. Side gables
26. Gable west: wall
27. Gable west: roof
28. Gable east: wall
29. Gable east: roof
30. Middle gable: wall
31. Middle gable: roof
32. Chimney
33. Chimney top
34. Porch platform
35. Porch posts and arch
36. Balcony
37. Porch plants
38. Facade lanterns
39. Lights inside
40. Garden path
41. Lantern posts
42. Raised planters
43. Flowering trees
44. Hedges
45. Roses and flower beds
46. Corner lanterns

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