Types and Benefits
A porch adds great charm and character to the façade of a home, as well as the practical offerings of shelter and sometimes additional storage space. Using oak as the building material makes the porch an investment with great natural beauty and exceptional green credentials.
Oak porches grace many period properties and are an ideal choice for restoration projects, barn conversions or new homes being built in period style; but can also be created to add style to a modern property.
An oak porch will frequently have a dwarf brick wall base; sides can be open or closed in and roofs can be flat or pitched to complement surroundings.
Skilled carpenters can craft oak to exact tolerances and bespoke structures can be in sizes ranging from a small front door canopy to a grand two-storey entrance porch. Oak porches are available in styles to suit Victorian, Edwardian, Georgian, Tudor, Jacobean or modern properties.
Where to buy oak porches
- Border Oak - Kingsland Sawmills, Kingsland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9SF, 01568 708752
- Greenwood Oak Timber Framing Co - 1 Stoke Gate Cottages, Stoke Hall Lane, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 6AR, 01270 528586