Saturday, December 22, 2018
Full metal jacket: a striking home in Bruton https://t.co/XDQv4ZnTuy Solicitors & Estate Agents In One Just £899 + vat .. https://t.co/eLmKfiYyW9
Full metal jacket: a striking home in Bruton
A steel-clad home in Somerset blends beauty and contemporary architecture in a pretty Georgian town
At their first glimpse of Ferrum House, most people have the same question: “How did you get permission to build it?” Owners Andrew Pennock and Dana Anderson have been asked it countless times – often in admiration, sometimes in horror. “It’s definitely a Marmite house,” says Anderson. “We even overheard one little boy asking his mum if we were building a police station.”
Their contemporary home in Bruton, Somerset, is sandwiched between a handsome Georgian building and a former 19th-century silk mill, turned into a bacon factory in the 1900s and now divided into flats. Then, set back from the road, is Ferrum House: a mottled brutalist cube panelled in raw Corten steel that almost seems to hover above its more restrained timber-clad base.
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Full metal jacket: a striking home in Bruton
A steel-clad home in Somerset blends beauty and contemporary architecture in a pretty Georgian town
At their first glimpse of Ferrum House, most people have the same question: “How did you get permission to build it?” Owners Andrew Pennock and Dana Anderson have been asked it countless times – often in admiration, sometimes in horror. “It’s definitely a Marmite house,” says Anderson. “We even overheard one little boy asking his mum if we were building a police station.”
Their contemporary home in Bruton, Somerset, is sandwiched between a handsome Georgian building and a former 19th-century silk mill, turned into a bacon factory in the 1900s and now divided into flats. Then, set back from the road, is Ferrum House: a mottled brutalist cube panelled in raw Corten steel that almost seems to hover above its more restrained timber-clad base.
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Why it’s wise to prune your vines before Christmas | Alys Fowler https://t.co/n7qvxKJijw Solicitors & Estate Agents In One Just £899 + vat .. https://t.co/eLmKfiYyW9
Why it’s wise to prune your vines before Christmas | Alys Fowler
Cut back now to ensure new, strong, fruit-bearing shoots next year
I have been half neglecting my vine, letting it do as it pleases, occasionally trying to tame its wild ways, but mostly allowing the blackbirds the pick of the few grapes that appeared. That is, until Guardian food writer Anna Jones shared her recipe for roasted grapes and goat’s cheese. Now I want my fair share of grapes, too, which will mean whipping the wild vine back into shape.
Vine pruning is up there with bonsai for being notoriously complicated. This is partly because there are numerous systems for vines developed for creating fine wines and perfect dessert grapes. These systems create curtains of stems that can hang over pergolas, or complex cordons to grow strictly up wires. They all come with detailed pruning advice and technical diagrams. (I can heartily recommend the RHS Pruning and Training Manual as a starting point.)
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Why it’s wise to prune your vines before Christmas | Alys Fowler
Cut back now to ensure new, strong, fruit-bearing shoots next year
I have been half neglecting my vine, letting it do as it pleases, occasionally trying to tame its wild ways, but mostly allowing the blackbirds the pick of the few grapes that appeared. That is, until Guardian food writer Anna Jones shared her recipe for roasted grapes and goat’s cheese. Now I want my fair share of grapes, too, which will mean whipping the wild vine back into shape.
Vine pruning is up there with bonsai for being notoriously complicated. This is partly because there are numerous systems for vines developed for creating fine wines and perfect dessert grapes. These systems create curtains of stems that can hang over pergolas, or complex cordons to grow strictly up wires. They all come with detailed pruning advice and technical diagrams. (I can heartily recommend the RHS Pruning and Training Manual as a starting point.)
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