The Gorsley Coffee House in Gorsley, Gloucestershire is a relatively recent building that forms part of a Baptist church. It is unusual in that much of the main structure is a frame made of timbers, fastened together with wood pegs in the traditional manner. If you were to transport a barn or house builder to the present day from the centuries prior to, say, the nineteenth, they would be very familiar with what they saw. It makes for a pleasant place to sit and enjoy a coffee or light meal. It is also a demonstration of how timber can be one of the answers to reduced carbon in architecture.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: iPhone
