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  • 16th October 2018
The Charles Archive: Leigh Court Barn

This is the fifteenth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists F.W.B ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection.   In this post we will be exploring one of the largest...

  • 2nd October 2018
The Charles Archive: Box Tree Cottage

This is the fourteenth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists F.W.B ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection.   This blog explores the structure and form of Box Tree Cottage...

  • 25th September 2018
The Charles Archive: A Worcester City Walking Trail

This is the thirteenth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists F.W.B ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection. The issue of accessibility forms a key part of today’s blog. Given...

  • 19th September 2018
The Charles Archive: Old Buildings in a New Town

This is the twelfth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists F.W.B ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection.   This blog explores a survey, undertaken by Freddie Charles, as part...

  • 7th September 2018
The Charles Archive: A Pioneering Approach to Understanding Timber Buildings

This is the eleventh in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber frame building specialists FWB ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection.   The work and ideas of Freddie Charles can go a...

  • 30th August 2018
The Charles Archive: 43-49 St John’s – The one that almost got away

This is the tenth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists FWB ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles collection.   In some of our previous posts we have explored buildings where Freddie...

  • 20th August 2018
The Charles Archive: Dowles Manor House

This is the ninth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber frame building specialists FWB ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection. This post centres on the wall murals at the Manor House...

  • 9th August 2018
The Charles Archive: Chorley House, Droitwich

This is the eighth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists FWB ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection. In this blog we look at material related to the now demolished...

  • 24th July 2018
The Charles Archive: Church Towers

This is the seventh in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists FWB ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection. Inspired by material found within the Charles Archive this blog explores the...

  • 9th July 2018
The Charles Archive: The Plough Inn – The one that got away

This is the sixth in a series of blog posts celebrating the life and work of timber-frame building specialists FWB ‘Freddie’ and Mary Charles. Funded by Historic England, the ‘Charles Archive’ project aims to digitise and make more accessible the Charles Archive collection. In this piece we will be looking at a building that no...