Beautiful homes,
handcrafted in timber
Houses
Build a place you can truly
call home with
Green Oak Carpentry.
We’ll work with you to create a one-of-a-kind oak frame house that’s everything you and your family need. Whether you dream of a cosy and traditional oak timber frame house or a contemporary residence that combines traditional craft and modern design, we’re here to bring your ideas to life.
At Green Oak Carpentry, we design every oak frame in-house before handcrafting it in our workshops. With three decades of experience and three prestigious Gold Wood Awards, our team brings the same depth of craft and care to every project. We work with you from initial discussions to final assembly to ensure your new timber frame home is a true reflection of you and the things you hold dear.
Why choose an
oak framed house?
Oak frame houses are renowned for their charm and distinctive appearance, with exposed beams and natural textures lending a timeless, warm character. Oak frame construction methods allow for grand vaulted ceilings, expansive open-plan layouts and panoramic glazing that flood the interior with daylight, resulting in a home that defies expectations.
Yet under this beauty lies something even more rewarding – their sustainability. Our oak frame houses are built with renewable resources and constructed responsibly, reducing their environmental impact. This is enhanced by the potential lifespan of an oak framed house – many that were built hundreds of years ago are still lived in, just as we hope yours will be.
Styles of oak frame houses
There’s no such thing as a typical
oak timber frame house, and each
of ours is fully bespoke.
The classic oak frame home draws on centuries of timber building – exposed oak posts, beams and braces forming a structure that’s visually striking yet perfectly pitched for how we live today. Imagine your future home built with a cruck frame rising in a sweeping arc of curved timber, creating an almost ecclesiastical interior – vast, light-filled and unmistakably oak. Traditional building techniques using green oak create spaces that other methods and materials simply cannot match.
Oak frame construction lends itself naturally to contemporary architecture – its structural honesty and natural warmth softening the clean lines and open volumes that modern design demands. Many designs integrate floor-to-ceiling glazing directly into the frame, flooding the interior with light while keeping the structural oak fully visible and resulting in a considered and calm contemporary home.
A hybrid oak frame combines oak and softwood within a single structure – giving you control over where timber takes centre stage. Oak beams can be used where they will have the most impact, such as an open-plan living space, a dramatic entrance hall, or a high-impact vaulted kitchen, while softwood carries the structure in other, less prominent rooms.
A well-designed oak frame extension does more than add space – it changes how a home feels to live in. A vaulted ceiling with exposed purlins opens the room upward, transforming what might otherwise be a modest addition into the room everyone wants to be in. The combination of well-judged design and the beauty of green oak creates a quality seldom found in other spaces.
A well-designed oak frame porch does more than provide shelter – it reframes and revives your front elevation. The right proportions, roofline and joinery detail can transform an unremarkable entrance into something that feels considered and complete, giving your house a new sense of presence.
Never repeated. Always remarkable
Every Green Oak Carpentry house is
an original – we don’t work to set
design templates, nor do we build the
same thing twice.
We’ll work with you or your architects and bridge the gap between concept and construction. This will mean that your oak frame house is not only beautifully designed but also practical, buildable, and cost-efficient.
Every oak frame house we build is handcrafted using traditional joinery techniques, ensuring authenticity, strength, and attention to detail in every joint.
We are one of the few oak framing companies to truly handcraft all our oak frames, resulting in an organic outcome where every line, shape, and design takes its own form.
Our fully bespoke approach accommodates your site’s idiosyncrasies – taking advantage of opportunities while managing any constraints. And, as you’d expect, we’ll work in line with local planning considerations and respect your budget.
Quality & craftsmanship
without compromise
Enjoy an unsurpassed level of continuity throughout the design, build and installation of your oak frame house. We guide you through your entire project, allowing you to enjoy the unique process of commissioning an oak frame building.
Design & architectural development
Our in-house draughtsmen and frame designers bring your vision to life, combining structural integrity with architectural beauty. Our designers readily accommodate unconventional ideas and specific features, and can incorporate any number of custom-designed features.
If you’ve already commissioned an architect, we’ll work with them and can adapt existing drawings to ensure your plans are suitable for oak framing.
Planning support
Our trusted planning consultants are here to support your planning permission application and are particularly experienced in heritage projects and sensitive sites.
Our materials
Oak is a popular choice for orangeries, but it isn’t always the best choice for a project. We work with you to choose the right materials, based on your site, aesthetic goals and engineering requirements. We only use sustainably sourced materials.
Fabrication
Each oak frame orangery is handcrafted from start to finish by our same team of award-winning carpenters. Using skills practised since the Middle Ages, they scribe the naturally shaped components together, making each frame unique.
Build and installation
After dry-fitting your oak frame in our workshop, our carpenters deconstruct it, deliver it on-site, and personally assemble it. Using the same team throughout build and assembly creates a rare level of consistency, giving your frame unsurpassed care and respect.
Bespoke finishes and specifications
We’ll work with you to agree on the best finishing options and specifications for your finished oak frame house. This will allow you to appreciate the beauty of this celebrated natural material while complementing your aesthetic.
The Green Oak Carpentry guarantee
All our frames carry a warranty against defective workmanship and materials for six years. Problems are very rare, but if they do occur, we take them very seriously and do our utmost to ensure all is well.
Commission your oak frame house
Learn more about beginning your oak frame house with Green Oak Carpentry. We work around you and your needs, whether using your drawings, quoting on an existing oak frame plan or guiding you as you begin your journey from scratch.
A naturally
sustainable choice
Oak is a natural, renewable material with exceptional longevity. When properly detailed and crafted, an oak framed house steadily matures, developing an individual character and long-standing structural integrity.
A Green Oak Carpentry house is built with sustainability at its core. All wood – whether oak or another timber – will be sustainably grown and harvested. Crucially, it will meet PEFC’s strict chain-of-custody certification requirements, demonstrating our commitment to sustainability.
Experience our oak
framed buildings for
yourself
Join us at one of our open days or events – they’re the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of oak framing, see our oak frames up close and ask our knowledgeable team as many questions as you need.
Why choose us for your
oak framed house?
There’s no shortage of oak frame building companies to work with. So why choose us?
One-of-a-kind
Every project is a one-off – you won’t see a single templated design on our website or in our office. Whether a domestic porch or a high-profile commercial build, we begin every project the same way – by taking your brief and designing to your needs.
Integrity, longevity
Oak trees can live for hundreds of years. We honour these gentle giants by building structures that will last for generations to come. Our team skilfully designs, fabricates and assembles each structure to achieve structural integrity and a positive, lasting impact.
Transparent & available
It’s not just about the buildings we make. We’re good to work with, too. We’re readily available and happy to accommodate our clients throughout their projects. We work transparently and will be open about your project’s progress and any potential challenges.
Deep expertise
Having been in business since 1996, we’re timber framing experts, training up the next generation of carpenters in our business. Our renowned timber restoration experts allow us to support highly specialised projects.
Professionalism assured
We partner with architects, contractors and developers to create modern and traditional timber structures of all sizes.
Industry recognised
Our timber structures have been recognised by numerous awards, and we’re the only company to have been awarded the prestigious Gold Wood Award three times. No other company has achieved this more than once.
Frequently Asked Questions
Planning your house project
How long do oak frame houses last?
Traditional oak framing is a building method that has been perfected over the centuries. With good care, an oak frame house can be expected to last at least 200 years, and there are many examples that are far older than this.
How energy efficient is an oak frame house?
Many oak frame houses are incredibly energy-efficient. Oak is a dense hardwood with exceptional thermal properties, helping a home feel warmer in winter and cooler in summer. We recommend working with experts to properly wrap your oak frame to maximise insulation and achieve high levels of energy efficiency.
How much does it cost to build an oak frame house?
This depends on so many factors – the size and design you are considering, any special features you want, your site’s accessibility… With all this in mind, the easiest way for us to answer this question is to have a chat. Tell us more about what you have in mind, and we’ll happily give you a ballpark cost so you can plan your build with confidence.
Every project is a one-off
No templates. No repeat designs. Every frame
we have ever made has started from scratch.
“It was a pleasure having Green Oak on site and refreshing to see that the team all took a real pride in their work. Despite many changing decisions, the team never complained when redrawing, recalculating and recosting. We now have a beautiful traditional oak frame garage, delivered on time and within budget.”
Robin
Great builds
begin with a chat
If you are considering an oak framed house and would value a thoughtful, design-led approach, we would be pleased to explore this with you.
Oak craftsmanship is best appreciated in person, so we welcome you to our workshop near Petersfield, Hampshire, where you can meet the team, see our carpenters at work, and catch a glimpse of the skill and care that go into every build.
