Exterior Render

With render beginning to go on the exterior, the house is beginning to look more complete. Finally the rough brickwork is disappearing!

A front view. The rendered areas will eventually be painted. We still haven't made a firm decision about colour, but white (just like the original house) seems most likely at the moment. The painter himself disagrees -- he's suggesting a sand-yellow colour.

These are the exposed stones on the west wall. The workers have been displaying their artistic talents -- carefully shaping the mortar and adding small pieces of granite in the larger crevices...