Plaw Hatch SPRING House

 

Thank you so much to everyone who has so generously contributed tO the Plaw Hatch SPRING HOUSE.

The Spring House is complete and occupied. We will now turn our energy towards the shop and dairy renovation in order to get out of plastic.

✨🏡 To celebrate the completion of the Spring House, we invite you to see the build at our Spring House Open House days on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th of July between 10am to 12pm. Thank you to everyone who has supported and helped us realise this
Looking back at progress made over the last 10 months. Here are pictures of the footings and substructure going up back in August 2020! We’ve come along way since then. Big thanks to everyone who donated and/ or supported us to get to where we
Toby Douch and team measuring up in preparation for installing the steel balustrade last week and fabricating in the workshop.
The balcony @plawhatch_springhouse is now complete. The balustrade is made of mild steel and was fabricated by Douch in their workshop. The hand rail is made from Plaw hatch oak milled on site @plawhatchfarm. We’ll be using some more of the oak
The internal ply linings are now complete. This future bedroom is being used by the builders as a temporary kitchen. They picked a nice spot 👌
The balcony taking shape
Plawhatch Spring House from a distance.
Over the last few weeks all the wood fibre insulation has been installed to the roof and external walls. The timber windows and external doors have gone in and most of external cladding has been patched up. Phase 2 almost complete! . . . . #timbercon

FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF THE HOUSE ON INSTAGRAM @PLAWHATCH_SPRINGHOUSE

 

Plaw Hatch Farm are committed to the wellbeing of our hardworking farmers. Decent housing is essential for them to do their best work. In recognition of this the farm business has made a £50,000 donation to St Anthony's Trust towards the build. This donation, together with insurance money and money received by donations, enabled work to start on Phase 1 of the build.

Plaw Hatch Farm managed the build on behalf of St Anthony’s. We are committed to reducing the cost and environmental impact of the house and have used salvaged fittings and recycled materials wherever possible.

 

The land and buildings at Plaw Hatch Farm are held in charitable trust by St Anthony's. This ensures that the land will be farmed on biodynamic principles and continue to provide delicious, nutritious food whatever challenges we face in our lifetime and for generations to come. The recent crisis highlighted the importance of local food systems and we were able to keep the shelves stocked even as the supermarkets failed. 

To maintain a regenerative, biodiverse landscape and produce healthy, nutritious food, a deep working knowledge of the unique ecosystem of the farm is required. This knowledge and understanding is built up over many years of working with the land and livestock. We need to provide decent accommodation and housing for our farmers to ensure that they stay on the farm and build on their expertise, enabling Plaw Hatch to continue to thrive in these challenging times.