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Border Oak Design and Construction Ltd A family run, international business specialising in bespoke handmade oak framed structures and sustainable development.

We revived the lost craft of green oak framing more than 37 years ago and have a long history of innovation and market creation - alongside a passionate belief in what we create and how we deliver our services. Our portfolio includes houses of all descriptions, commercial and international projects together with domestic buildings.

17/09/2026

Are you looking for a somewhere to build your next home? We have some fantastic hand-picked plots available in Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Kent:

🏡 Yarpole, Herefordshire - on a no-through road, and backing onto open countryside, these plots have quiet privacy whilst still being near to the bustling market towns of Leominster and withing easy reach of the A49 and the beautiful market towns of Ludlow, as well as the cathedral cities, Hereford and Worcester.

🏡 In Stoulton, Worcestershire - three stunning plots with full planning permission situated on a pretty country lane, with easy access to Worcester. Generous garden, private driveway, and a good-sized outbuilding that can be put to whatever use suits you – workshop, garaging, storage...You’ll be surrounded by quiet countryside, yet close to everything you need.

🏡 Wateringbury, Kent - set on the site of a former tree nursery with mature trees giving the whole place a real sense of established woodland. We have seven plots available with detailed drawings and services, including electricity, water, foul and storm drainage, telecomms. This pretty site is close to East and West Malling and Maidstone.

Get in touch to find out more: [email protected]

15/09/2026

Planning a self-build, or looking to add a garage, annex or studio to your home?

Stop by at our stand at the Homebuilding & Renovating show at London Excel this weekend - step inside our world of handcrafted oak frames, browse our latest ready-to-build plots.

Whether you're already brimming with ideas or just starting to imagine what’s possible, our team can offer helpful, friendly advice on taking your next step.

Bring your plans, your ideas, or simply your curiosity, we'd love to see you there!

11/09/2026

For centuries, skilled craftsmen carved oak by hand to build homes that would last for generations.

Timbers were carefully cut and joined using traditional mortise and tenon joints, secured with wooden pegs – no machinery, nails or brackets.

Many of these beautiful timber framed homes are still standing – and still being lived in – hundreds of years later.

When Border Oak was founded in 1980, we set out to revive this remarkable craft. Today, our frames are still made using the same principles and techniques that shaped Britain’s great timber-framed buildings centuries ago.

This week is , when thousands of historic buildings across the country open their doors to the public.

If there’s a timber-framed building near you, why not go and have a look?

And remember to look up at the frame. Look at the joints, the pegs and the marks left by the craftspeople who made it. You might see a little of where we've come from – and understand why we still believe oak frame building is a craft worth preserving.

08/09/2026

We have free tickets for the Homebuilding & Renovating show at London Excel 18th - 20th September!

Come along and say hello - talk to our team about your ideas for your next home, or maybe you're thinking about an annex or garden studio? We'll be able to answer your questions, share new designs and examples of past projects.

If you have drawings or planning approval documents, please do bring the information with you and we will happily prepare a free assessment and individual itemised quote after the show.

Get your free tickets here: https://registration.homebuildingshow.co.uk/Forms/Hom00Visitor.aspx?FormRef=HoL96Visitor&PageNo=1&TrackingCode=Border%20Oak%20Design%20

02/09/2026

The challenge when building a home is often finding the right place to do it.

No amount of mood boards or design magazines can prepare you for the grind of finding the perfect plot. We've spent nearly 50 years helping people get from that daydream to an actual address. We know what to look for in a plot, what to avoid, and how to see potential in a site that might not look like much on paper.

If building your own oak frame home is something you've been thinking about but don't know where to start, we have plots available at the moment. You don't need to have it all figured out - our plots are ready to go, complete with planning permission, and all infrastructure and services taken care of.

https://www.borderoak.com/plots

19/08/2026

2026
ANNIVERSARY

It’s ten whole years since we opened the doors to our very first show home - St. Michael’s Cottage (new 2026 photos in this post) - located just a few minutes from Border Oak HQ in rural Herefordshire.
And 25 years (a quarter of a century- can you believe it?!) since we designed & built the first ever Pearmain Cottage which featured on Grand Designs (St. Michael’s Cottage is based on this concept). Using, for the first time in a domestic project, a revolutionary new construction & insulation system, to create a quintessential oak framed country cottage that would suit all locations - combining innovative, high performance new products & methods with traditional craftsmanship, natural materials& vernacular detailing to deliver the perfect, adaptable 21st Century home.
Ensuring that the craft of green oak framing - all of our homes are made by hand from the finest & most sustainable oak available- remained both relevant & accessible.
Since 2001 we have designed & built thousands of truly beautiful ‘Pearmain’ cottages all over the world - each one distinct and bespoke, designed by us to meet the wishes of every individual client on all sorts of plots, for all sorts of budgets.
Perhaps most recognisable is the original Pearmain Porch, drawn by our founder John - much copied but never equalled (the porch and the man!) - a striking porch that is distinctly Border Oak. Practical & pretty.

25 years has passed in the blink of an eye - yet the Pearmain portfolio remains a true vernacular classic, each home getting better with every passing year.
There’s more to follow on both Pearmain Cottage & St. Michaels Cottage on our new website - coming soon.

01/08/2026

One of just five bespoke Border Oak custom build homes (all barn inspired designed) on a brownfield site on the edge of a pretty hamlet in West Herefordshire.
A complete & radical transformation of the redundant & dilapidated agricultural yard & huge commercial sheds, we inherited a previous planning approval for an ultra contemporary ‘executive’ development. We battled the planning process to reimagine the project under a more vernacular, rural & agrarian lens.
Simple forms, traditional proportions, rationalised orientations and natural, local materials alongside restorative and diverse landscaping.
Each home beautifully & distinctively finished by each owner, yet the homes very much work as a happy collective too.

15/07/2026

If you have a planning application caught in the Herefordshire Lugg phosphate moratorium and need mitigation credits please do get in touch ([email protected]) as we have spare credits available to purchase, including the approved legal paperwork and planning agreements already signed off by NE and Herefordshire Council (so the transactions are ready to go and the mitigation has already been delivered). Our credits are also from the upper most part of the catchment so should suit all applications downstream.
We will also hopefully have BNG credits coming shortly if needed.

01/07/2026

Ever walked through a village, spotted a timber frame building and marvelled at the fact it's still standing and being used 300, 400, even 500 years after it was built?

That's not luck. It's down to how it was built in the first place - oak joints cut by hand, pinned with wooden pegs that move with the timber, using skills passed down from one pair of hands to the next, barely changing over the centuries.

At Border Oak, we build our homes the same way today - same tools, same patience. This kind of understanding takes years to learn properly. In a world that moves fast, we're chosing to slow down and build homes with real substance.

The homes we're building now won't just be standing in fifty years. They'll still be here in five hundred years.

Some things are worth taking your time over.

23/06/2026

This beautiful oak frame will be taking prime position in our new building project - New House Farm.

All our oak frames are hand carved by our skilled team in our workshop in the Herefordshire countryside. Every piece of oak we use is officially certified by FSC, quality checked by our carpenters and transformed from tree to home using traditional tools and techniques - quite a feat in this heat!

We can't wait to see it go up. Remember you can follow our journey on this build. Sign up to our newsletter - link in comments.

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Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 3pm

Website

https://www.borderoak.com/

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