Carriage Houses

A traditional style wooden garage, a timber carriage house offers timeless and flexible garaging with any number of open or enclosed parking bays and the option of oak framing.
Carriage Houses
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Oak framed garage or carriage house

Timber carriage houses are a traditional open-barn style of garage originally used to house carts and carriages. Each bay can be open or easily enclosed creating a secure garage, workshop or store space.

The ideal type of garage for country or heritage settings, the carriage house or car barn is supremely flexible and easily adapted to your specific requirements. From building somewhere to park your car to creating a home office or gym, the carriage house offers a sustainable solution.

Carriage House or wooden garage?

Often called a cart lodge or a car barn, a carriage house is much like a wooden garage but built in a more traditional style. The parking bays are usually left open to the front, enclosed to the sides and rear, featuring our characteristic curved bracing which is available in pressure-treated softwood or if you are looking for an oak framed barn or garage, consider our Chester carriage house. The front uprights, supports and curved bracing are made from slow grown oak whilst the main structure is constructed from faster growing pressure treated timber. Embracing the oak look where it is seen but using FSC certified and pressure treated softwood elsewhere helps balance cost and environmental considerations.

If you would like enclosed bays, we can install a pair of timber doors or even a flush or recessed timber frontage with a door and window to create a workshop or studio. Equally, you can choose any combination of enclosed or open bays, as well as additional doors and windows to the side or rear, internal partitions, ply lining and even a log store to the side.

We build our carriage houses to order, so whether you need just a one bay carriage house, two bay carriage house, triple bay or a range of bays, we can accommodate any size and configuration. Equally, we can extend the depth and add a catslide roof to create a workshop space at the rear of the bays.

Choose from either shiplap or weatherboard external cladding and select your preferred roofing material to match your home or fulfil any planning requirements.

Our experienced team can help with the design, provide both base plans and elevated drawings needed for planning and we will deliver and install nationwide.

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Ranges & specifications

Our timber carriage houses are available in two ranges which feature slightly different specifications. We have summarised the differences below but if you need any help, please get in touch with our team.

Chart Carriage House

Chart Carriage House

From
£3,624
£5,626
+ VAT

Made from pressure treated timber the Chart range of carriage houses offers nearly unlimited options including parking bays, closed garaging, home offices and garden equipment storage. High-quality FSC/PEFC certified timber and Onduline roof will help to make sure the barn has a long life span.

  • Pressure-treated timbers externally and internally (not including roof purlins)
  • 2235mm eaves height.
  • Pressure-treated 100mm x 50mm timber framing.
  • 16mm pressure-treated shiplap exterior cladding (approx 12mm finished size)
  • An eco-breather membrane is placed between the stud-work and exterior cladding.
  • 150mm x 150mm sawn pressure treated softwood support posts, headers and curved bracing.
  • Guttering and downpipes to front and rear of the building.
  • OS roofing boards covering 125mm x 50mm (5” x 2”) roof purlins.
  • 17° roof pitch OSB boarded and covered with black Onduline roofing sheets.
Chester Carriage House

Chester Carriage House

From
£3,624
£5,626
+ VAT

With a raised ridge height and increased pitch the Chester carriage house is a stand out barn which can also be specified to accept clay or slate tiles (with optional 35° pitch). Adding in an optional upgrade to oak support posts, headers and bracing at the front completes this timeless barn which is at home in country settings. Robustly built to stand the test of time.

  • 2464mm to eaves, pressure treated timbers externally and internally (excluding roof purlins).
  • Pressure treated 100mm x 50mm  pressure treated  timber framing.
  • An eco-breather membrane is placed between the studwork and exterior cladding.
  • Guttering to both front and rear elevations.
  • 150mm  soffits and fascias to all sides of the carriage house ( 22.5° roof pitch only)
  • 22.5° roof pitch with black/shaded red/shaded brown Onduvilla lightweight tiles underlined with OS roofing boards.
  • Specialist British Standard (BS) roof trusses.
  • Roof pitch can be optionally be increased up to 35° to accommodate slate or clay tiles (tiling to be completed by your own contractor).
Options
Our timber buildings are designed to your specification, so you can choose from a number of different options, including roofing, cladding, lining and features/fittings. Depending upon the range of building you choose, some of these options are included as standard and a few are only available on a particular specification/range.
Onduline
Onduline is a tried-and-tested roofing material. Black Onduline is supplied as standard, but red, brown and green are also available.
Onduline
Onduvilla
Onduvilla is a popular alternative to Onduline but offers a tiled effect design. Available in black, shaded brown and shaded red.
Onduvilla
Tapco Slate
Tapco looks just like Welsh slate but is manufactured from a recyclable blend of limestone & polypropylene. Tapco Slate will not break or delaminate.
Tapco Slate
Cedar Shingles
Cedar shingles can be used as an attractive and natural-looking alternative to conventional tiles.
Cedar Shingles
Clay & Slate Tiles
Our Chester Range of buildings can optionally be designed to support a variety of clay and slate tiles. Tilling to be undertaken by your own roof contractor.
Clay & Slate Tiles
Ply Lining
Available as an upgrade or option across our ranges is full and half height ply lining.
Ply Lining
Shiplap
A smooth planed, rebated board that finishes with a grooved effect available in Ex 16mm x 150mm or Ex 19mm x 150mm nominal sizes.
Shiplap
Weatherboard
A sawn tapered, overlapping board, available in Ex 22mm x 150mm or Ex 32mm x 175mm nominal sizes.
Weatherboard
Chart Double Door
2286mm x 2057mm and made from pressure treated shiplap cladding the doors are framed, ledged & braced. Eco membrane lining included and fitted with adjustable hinges, throwlock and full handle.
Chart Double Door
Chester Double Door
2286mm x 2286mm and made from pressure treated shiplap cladding the doors are morticed, ledged & braced hung in a separate heavy-duty frame. Eco membrane lining included and fitted with heavy-duty adjustable hinges, throwlock and long throwlock handle.
Chester Double Door
Chart Personal Door
915mm x 1981mm shiplap cladding, morticed, framed ledged and braced door hung in a separate frame & sill. Lined with eco-breathable membrane and fitted with a throw lock and pull handle.
Chart Personal Door
Chester Personal Door
915mm x 1981mm pressure treated TGV cladding with a ledged and braced frame hung inside a separate frame. Lined with eco breathable membrane. Door opens inward with a Yale style lock or outward/inward with rim lock.
Chester Personal Door
Single Window Timber
550mm x 660mm (21" x26") one opening pain available single or double glazed
Single Window Timber
Double Window Timber
990mm x 660mm (30" x26") one opening one fixed pain available single or double glazed
Double Window Timber
Triple Window Timber
1460mm x 660mm (57" x26") one opening pain two fixed pain, available single or double glazed
Triple Window Timber
UPVC Windows
Single, double or triple framed options. Increased security, easy maintenance available in different colours and effects.
UPVC Windows
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