Many owners of listed, period or historic timber frame buildings look after them. However unfortunately some owners for whatever reason neglect them, instead they do a quick fix cover up or a bodge job.
There is so much information about timber frame buildings online theses days it can be confusing as to who to believe and what is the best thing to do. Hopefully this is when we can help.
As a past custodian of a grade 2 listed timber frame property himself John has the extra 1st hand knowledge of living in one for seven years.