Well, not exactly arches, but certainly underneath the new extension and adjacent external stairs. During the actual building process the focus was inevitably on just that - the building. We had known from the outset that there would be a huge great void below which could simply remain a nondescript underfloor space or we would have to make something of it.
In the immediate aftermath of the construction work I used the space to store the minor mountain of left-over materials. Total clearance of the coal truck's contents created enough space to store those things that might just come in handy one day - decent pieces of timber, pipes, insulation and so on. Into the coal truck therefore went the underfloor contents. Two or three posts ago there was a photograph of how things then looked underfloor:
Unremarkable, downright unsightly or full of potential depending on how charitable you may be feeling. Architect Stuart Green had kept urging us to think about it anyway. He had taken a good deal of trouble to make something attractively simple and rugged in the supporting galvanised steel columns and the underside of the floor above - the ceiling as it were.
When the groundworks were being done the contractor had advised that the slope would comfortably support stone chips or aggregate without slipping. This being a limestone area we thought white limey aggregate from Horton quarry would feel at home so we went for that. As in an earlier posting, Settle Coal most expertly placed two tonne bags of it right inside the space. I have spent much of the past week distributing it as best I could and here is the result. What a difference!
And finally, finally this has been doing the rounds online. Never be tempted to obstruct the gateway to a farmer's field when parking
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