The roof at Ballytarsna Castle was constructed by:

Paul Price
Woodwrights
Dun Laoghaire
County Dublin
Ireland

Telephone:  +353 (0) 1 2809 887

© 2000 -2003
© 2000 - 2003

This page was last updated on: 2 March, 2003

Ballytarsna Castle
Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland


The Story of the Roof in Photographs
A Masterpiece of Traditional Timber Framing and Scribe Carpentry
Click on the links below for other photographs of the roof project
The roof at Ballytarsna Castle was constructed by:

Paul Price
Woodwrights
Dun Laoghaire
County Dublin
Ireland

Telephone:  +353 (0) 1 2809 887

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Final Assembly and Installation of the Roof on Ballytarsna Castle
October-November 2001
Paul Price, traditional timber framer, onsite at Ballytarsna, assembling his masterpiece roof which was scribe-built in his workshop
Assembling a lower truss using mortice and tenon
The wallplate on the west wall
Daniel Addey-Jibb and Paul Price, traditional timber framers, setting the wallplate
on the east wall
Landing the first lower truss next to the gable
viewed from the south

Landing the second lower truss viewed from southwest.
Main east chimney at right
Assembling the lower portion of the roof with trusses, connecting windbraces and purlins
Assembling the lower portion of the roof with trusses, connecting windbraces and purlins
Lower roof completed and upper roof in progress, viewed from interior southeast
Paul and Dan assembling the upper roof and installing the common rafters
Views of the roof and Ballytarsna Castle from the east
The completed roof structure viewed from the interior southwest.  Main east chimney in view through the rafters.
More interior views of the roof assembly in progress
Assembled roof viewed from fourth floor doorway which is under the gable wall
Fully braced crown post assembly supporting the collar purlin
Assembled collar detail showing numbering