The oak porch has added character to the 'house on the hill'
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The oak porch has added character to the 'house on the hill'
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Clients Name: Laura Thornton
Dimensions: 1800mm (w) x 1400mm (d)
Location: Bentham, North Yorkshire

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Oak Porch For Sale Just At The Perfect Time

It’s not often we have ‘ready made’ porches to sell directly to clients, as everything is made to order. Very occasionally, though, we do. A few years ago we had made a lovely oak porch for someone, and then their circumstances changed. We advertised the porch on our @oakporches and @oakbydesign Instagram pages and Laura saw the porch and contacted us.

Laura runs a holiday cottage rental business in the North Yorkshire town of Bentham, near Ingleborough, one of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks . Set in the countryside, in a very private position, the house is perfect for up to 8 people who what to enjoy the Yorkshire Dales and Lancashire coastline and surrounding area.

'New Thornber' and the New Oak Porch To Finish off the House

We spoke to Laura recently and asked her about the oak porch and her holiday cottage.

“When I was a child living in the village, I remember thinking ‘When I grow up I’d like that house on the hill’.

“Fast forward 20 years and my tenant, in a rental cottage I owned, gave notice. I was considering selling it to look for a larger house in the area to run as a holiday cottage let, and New Thornber came on the market for sale. It couldn’t have been better timing.”

“3 viewings and a house auction later, and I’m picking up the keys!”

The property, is a 15 minute walk to Bentham and a 5 minute drive to Ingleton. It was built in the 1970’s by the previous owners on what was believed to have been the granary of the Thornber Estate. The house hadn’t been lived in for some time and needed a full renovation.

Laura, together with her parents, did a lot of the work, bringing in tradesmen where necessary. A lot of the stonework to the house had been loose and had to rebuilt. Once completed, Laura felt that the relatively new build house was lacking character so she started to look into adding a porch.

The Oak Porch Has Created A Beautiful Welcome To This Stunning Holiday Cottage

She continued: - “I already followed @oakporches on Instagram for inspiration as I was thinking of getting one. When you advertised a ready-made oak porch for sale, it was pretty much the perfect size!”

The oak porch is 1800mm wide and 1400mm deep. It was designed to sit on a dwarf wall of approx.. 800mm high. It has 2 curved brackets to the front face, and 2 curved brackets to each side. Stop chamfers finish the edges of the oak posts and it was finished with 2 coats of Osmo Polyx UV in 429 finish.

Again, fate had stepped in for Laura!

We offered to make Laura a couple of oak seat tops for both sides of the porch. She chose to have the front edges engraved with NEW THORNBER and ENJOY THE MOMENT.

“My dad and I went to the local machinery auction sale and bought pallets of stone, matching as close as we could to the existing house to use to build the dwarf walls. Lots of measuring to get it precisely to fit the porch. I was helped by my Dad and brother-in-law, they lifted the frame up with the digger! I was 8 months pregnant so I couldn’t help with this bit - which made it even more nerve-wracking to watch!! The house and porch were pointed up together which also helps it look like it's always been there.”

“It's made a huge difference to the overall appearance of the house, it's a beautiful welcome for our holidaying guests. Perfect for perching on the walls for a brew with a view”

In the end Laura decided not to add the seat tops to the porch as she said it’s really lovely just to perch on the walls. She didn’t waste the seat tops though. She made them into kitchen shelves instead - which she just loves! These can be seen on white wrought iron brackets on the kitchen photo’s.

If you’d like more information on New Thornber, see the booking website

Laura’s Instagram page is HERE

If you take a holiday at New Thornber, don’t forget to take a photo from the porch, and tag us in it!

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