4-star holiday cottage near Malvern, Worcestershire

pigsty

  • Maintenance at Rhydd Barn

    I stayed at the Barn during the first week of September and was able to take a lot of photographs. Paint was peeling off the walls inside the converted pigsty—it has now been redecorated. Also the pigsty exterior brickwork on the side wall and the back of the pigpens was repointed in places. The gravel drive has to be weeded regularly and the grass in the field mowed and strimmed along the edge. Grass in the sewage tank area in the field also has to be kept short. The sewage tank is inspected regularly—most recently in August when it was found to be in excellent order.

    Here are some photographs:

    Pigsty repointing
    Pigsty repointing
    Pigsty interior repainted
    Pigsty interior repainted
    Driveway weeding
    Driveway weeding
    Grass cut by fence
    Grass cut by fence
    Sewage tank area grass cut
    Sewage tank area grass cut

  • Repairs to wall of converted pigsty

    Pigsty wall - before repair - 01
    Pigsty wall – before repair – 01
    Pigsty wall - before repair - 02
    Pigsty wall – before repair – 02
    Before repairs

    Parts of the south wall of the converted pigsty have been gradually deteriorating as you can see from the above photos. So we had the damaged areas re-pointed including the replacement of a damaged or missing brick. The final result can be seen in the two photos below.

    Pigsty wall - after repair - 01
    Pigsty wall – after repair – 01
    Pigsty wall - after repair - 02
    Pigsty wall – after repair – 02
    After repairs

    An electrical socket on the inside of that wall needed to be replaced and our builder also added some ventilation. See photo below.

    Pigsty interior - after repair
    Pigsty interior – after repair
    Pigsty interior wall – new electrical socket installed