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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html

Ouch.

David
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


What a *******. Harwell is a lovely village. Hopefully the perpetrator will
move away and it will have one fewer village idiot.

Christian.



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"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
. net...
Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


What a *******. Harwell is a lovely village. Hopefully the perpetrator

will
move away and it will have one fewer village idiot.

Christian.




It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to be
able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ?



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Fray Bentos wrote:

It was a listed building


Well, its certainly listing now!
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"Fray Bentos" wrote in message
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"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to

see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


What a *******. Harwell is a lovely village. Hopefully the perpetrator

will
move away and it will have one fewer village idiot.


It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to be
able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ?


I suggest the real 'village idiots' read the story rather than just
assume...


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It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to be
able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ?


A high risk strategy in more than one way. He could be compelled to rebuild
it to the former condition. It will be interesting to hear if he needed, and
actually had, permission for what he was doing


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"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to
be
able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ?


A high risk strategy in more than one way. He could be compelled to
rebuild it to the former condition. It will be interesting to hear if he
needed, and actually had, permission for what he was doing

Or Insurance...........
Baz


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"Baz" wrote in message
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"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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It was a listed building and he may have done it on purpose in order to
be
able to rebuild it as something bigger/better ?


A high risk strategy in more than one way. He could be compelled to
rebuild it to the former condition. It will be interesting to hear if he
needed, and actually had, permission for what he was doing

Or Insurance...........
Baz



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"Lobster" wrote in message
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


"It was a very old building. There was always the possibility that the
weight of the thatch was too much for it - or that work had been undertaken
on it which weakened something. "

ATM it seem that it's only one of many possibilities, It would be nice if it
was a 'DIY' induced problem, otherwise the next door properties could have
problems too....




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"Lobster" wrote in message
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


Of course, for a real disaster, you need professional European building
improvers:

http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/news/world/...icle=CAS305478




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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html

Ouch.


I can see a picture.

What a shame :-(

Mary

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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


I can see a picture.


Ah - so can I, now: it's obviously been added in during the morning!

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"Lobster" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


I can see a picture.


Ah - so can I, now: it's obviously been added in during the morning!

It looks a pretty amazing collapse. There seems to be little rubble, so
perhaps the walls were clay lump? That can collapse disastrously like that
if water seeps in. Perhaps the thatch had become porous?

Peter Scott


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"Peter Scott" wrote in message
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"Lobster" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message
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Following up the thread on this of a couple of weeks back - here's a
cracker from this morning's paper (you'll need to buy a hard copy to

see
the pictures unfortunately...)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...484880,00.html


I can see a picture.


Ah - so can I, now: it's obviously been added in during the morning!

It looks a pretty amazing collapse. There seems to be little rubble, so
perhaps the walls were clay lump? That can collapse disastrously like that
if water seeps in. Perhaps the thatch had become porous?

Peter Scott



it was covered in the "Metro" free rag today - here's a larger, but rather
poor scan I just did :-

http://uk.geocities.com/gentlegreengiant/dunhomein.jpg (600kb)

says he only removed some stud walls ....

would this have been of "cob" construction ?




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it was covered in the "Metro" free rag today - here's a larger, but
rather
poor scan I just did :-

http://uk.geocities.com/gentlegreengiant/dunhomein.jpg (600kb)


Oh! I get "The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated
data transfer."

says he only removed some stud walls ....


Only???

would this have been of "cob" construction ?


We can't see, can we!

Mary




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"brugnospamsia" wrote
| it was covered in the "Metro" free rag today - here's a larger, but
| rather poor scan I just did :-
| http://uk.geocities.com/gentlegreengiant/dunhomein.jpg (600kb)
| says he only removed some stud walls ....
| would this have been of "cob" construction ?

I think those 'stud walls' probably were structural timber post and beam.

Owain


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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:08:35 GMT, "brugnospamsia"
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says he only removed some stud walls ....


Oh ... only those things that are holding the house up ... thats all
right then

I suppose there was a tie beam at inconvenient height between the two
bedrooms so he got rid of it so the walls fell in

If he lived in St Edmundsbury (he doesn't though I expect Didcot rules
are similar) then he should have informed the council seven days
before starting any structural stuff with the timber frame so the
council can send round an inspector if they deem it necessary.
Probably he never put in for listed building consent though so he
doesn't know this

Anna

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