Often enough we have interesting requests to take on strange or bespoke projects, one of which was this roundhouse. Built in the grounds of a school in Toxteth, Liverpool as an additional teaching area with the help of volunteers and school children.
![Clearing and selecting timber in the woodland.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10013923_10151925451171710_504155633_n-300x169.jpg)
Clearing and selecting timber in the woodland.
![Round timber sourced and back at base.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1538626_10151930175826710_8095218329880301854_n-300x169.jpg)
Round timber sourced and back at base.
![Setting out and digging the post holes.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1560436_10151934199421710_5433389365343363120_n1-300x169.jpg)
Setting out and digging the post holes.
![De-barking the logs.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10001424_10151937669521710_743275215027191208_n-300x169.jpg)
De-barking the logs.
![Cutting logs to length.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10256200_10151937668036710_4981169297212602748_n-300x169.jpg)
Cutting logs to length.
![Charring the log ends on the fire to prevent rotting.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1511077_10151934197896710_5312026049487029919_n-300x169.jpg)
Charring the log ends on the fire to prevent rotting.
![Posts in place beginning to fit the wall plate.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10170910_10151937670691710_578875019857935439_n-169x300.jpg)
Posts in place beginning to fit the wall plate.
![Cutting the half lap joints on the wall plate sections.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10262161_10151937671596710_4263818035196942539_n-169x300.jpg)
Cutting the half lap joints on the wall plate sections.
![Wall plate complete, time for purlins.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10264888_10151937672901710_4465866251337018729_n-169x300.jpg)
Wall plate complete, time for purlins.
![Boring the pin holes by hand.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10252027_10151940994181710_2894889178229257143_n-169x300.jpg)
Boring the pin holes by hand.
![Driving in the giant nails or pins.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10169314_10151940994346710_6859638999368559567_n-169x300.jpg)
Driving in the giant nails or pins.
![Roof purlins nearly done.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1656324_10151939455746710_4998785955966610739_n-169x300.jpg)
Roof purlins nearly done.
![All the timber frame complete ready for roofing](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10011466_10151940993401710_944529880937485665_n-300x169.jpg)
All the timber frame complete ready for roofing
![Roof joists being fitted and fixed.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11174960_672440402861775_1716630416675016725_n-300x169.jpg)
Roof joists being fitted and fixed.
![Roof battens done and cedar shingles going on.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11174955_672440312861784_5424004340455243263_n-300x169.jpg)
Roof battens going on.
![Joe nailing cedar shingles](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11050832_677346149037867_9017922803884406724_n-165x300.jpg)
Joe nailing cedar shingles
![The shingled roof from below before trimming.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10438313_677345919037890_7970673525619574162_n-300x169.jpg)
The shingled roof from below before trimming.
![Roundhouse complete with cedar shingle roof.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/22298_677345995704549_4755843133463100800_n-300x169.jpg)
Roundhouse complete with cedar shingle roof.
![Completed shingle roof on the roundhouse looking towards the nature area. cob and cordwood walls made by the school children using the off cuts from the frame.](https://wheelwrighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11259044_677345965704552_2888311875854718368_n-165x300.jpg)
Completed shingle roof on the roundhouse looking towards the nature area. cob and cordwood walls made by the school children using the off cuts from the frame.