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Border Oak Design and Construction Ltd A family run, international business specialising in bespoke handmade oak framed structures and sustainable development.

We revived the lost craft of green oak framing more than 37 years ago and have a long history of innovation and market creation - alongside a passionate belief in what we create and how we deliver our services. Our portfolio includes houses of all descriptions, commercial and international projects together with domestic buildings.

02/09/2026

The challenge when building a home is often finding the right place to do it.

No amount of mood boards or design magazines can prepare you for the grind of finding the perfect plot. We've spent nearly 50 years helping people get from that daydream to an actual address. We know what to look for in a plot, what to avoid, and how to see potential in a site that might not look like much on paper.

If building your own oak frame home is something you've been thinking about but don't know where to start, we have plots available at the moment. You don't need to have it all figured out - our plots are ready to go, complete with planning permission, and all infrastructure and services taken care of.

https://www.borderoak.com/plots

19/08/2026

2026
ANNIVERSARY

It’s ten whole years since we opened the doors to our very first show home - St. Michael’s Cottage (new 2026 photos in this post) - located just a few minutes from Border Oak HQ in rural Herefordshire.
And 25 years (a quarter of a century- can you believe it?!) since we designed & built the first ever Pearmain Cottage which featured on Grand Designs (St. Michael’s Cottage is based on this concept). Using, for the first time in a domestic project, a revolutionary new construction & insulation system, to create a quintessential oak framed country cottage that would suit all locations - combining innovative, high performance new products & methods with traditional craftsmanship, natural materials& vernacular detailing to deliver the perfect, adaptable 21st Century home.
Ensuring that the craft of green oak framing - all of our homes are made by hand from the finest & most sustainable oak available- remained both relevant & accessible.
Since 2001 we have designed & built thousands of truly beautiful ‘Pearmain’ cottages all over the world - each one distinct and bespoke, designed by us to meet the wishes of every individual client on all sorts of plots, for all sorts of budgets.
Perhaps most recognisable is the original Pearmain Porch, drawn by our founder John - much copied but never equalled (the porch and the man!) - a striking porch that is distinctly Border Oak. Practical & pretty.

25 years has passed in the blink of an eye - yet the Pearmain portfolio remains a true vernacular classic, each home getting better with every passing year.
There’s more to follow on both Pearmain Cottage & St. Michaels Cottage on our new website - coming soon.

01/08/2026

One of just five bespoke Border Oak custom build homes (all barn inspired designed) on a brownfield site on the edge of a pretty hamlet in West Herefordshire.
A complete & radical transformation of the redundant & dilapidated agricultural yard & huge commercial sheds, we inherited a previous planning approval for an ultra contemporary ‘executive’ development. We battled the planning process to reimagine the project under a more vernacular, rural & agrarian lens.
Simple forms, traditional proportions, rationalised orientations and natural, local materials alongside restorative and diverse landscaping.
Each home beautifully & distinctively finished by each owner, yet the homes very much work as a happy collective too.

15/07/2026

If you have a planning application caught in the Herefordshire Lugg phosphate moratorium and need mitigation credits please do get in touch ([email protected]) as we have spare credits available to purchase, including the approved legal paperwork and planning agreements already signed off by NE and Herefordshire Council (so the transactions are ready to go and the mitigation has already been delivered). Our credits are also from the upper most part of the catchment so should suit all applications downstream.
We will also hopefully have BNG credits coming shortly if needed.

01/07/2026

Ever walked through a village, spotted a timber frame building and marvelled at the fact it's still standing and being used 300, 400, even 500 years after it was built?

That's not luck. It's down to how it was built in the first place - oak joints cut by hand, pinned with wooden pegs that move with the timber, using skills passed down from one pair of hands to the next, barely changing over the centuries.

At Border Oak, we build our homes the same way today - same tools, same patience. This kind of understanding takes years to learn properly. In a world that moves fast, we're chosing to slow down and build homes with real substance.

The homes we're building now won't just be standing in fifty years. They'll still be here in five hundred years.

Some things are worth taking your time over.

23/06/2026

This beautiful oak frame will be taking prime position in our new building project - New House Farm.

All our oak frames are hand carved by our skilled team in our workshop in the Herefordshire countryside. Every piece of oak we use is officially certified by FSC, quality checked by our carpenters and transformed from tree to home using traditional tools and techniques - quite a feat in this heat!

We can't wait to see it go up. Remember you can follow our journey on this build. Sign up to our newsletter - link in comments.

18/06/2026

During Covid Border Oak purchased a small Herefordshire farm, including a traditional heritage orchard, close to our HQ. The main part of farm came with some lovely old barns and a farmhouse, which had fairly significant structural issues.

We later design and secured planning approval for a beautiful replacement farmhouse, which will sit next to the orchards and the old stone barns, and we have spent the last few months refining the plans and details before construction starts this summer.
For almost 50 years we have supported families across the UK to commission and build bespoke oak framed homes, and passionately believe that commissioning your own home should be more accessible to more people. So we're warmly inviting you to follow every stage of our New House Farm project, from groundworks to frame er****on, renewables and craftsmanship, through to finished interiors - to see what custom build can offer.
More details to come soon, but make sure you're following us here, or on Instagram and are signed up to our newsletter via www.borderoak.com for updates and progress.

15/06/2026

Come and see us at the Southern Homebuilding & Renovation Show - 27th & 28th June, Sandown Park. See link in comments for free tickets.

And as a special offer (and just for fun), in celebration of our first harvest of artisan c***r & perry from our farm, we'll give a bottle c***r or perry to the first 6 people bringing a set of new house plans for us to provide a quote for.

Bring your plans in exchange for a bottle! It's very delicious, and only a few cases exist!

30/04/2026

HEREFORDSHIRE OPEN DAY
Saturday 16th May 2026 10-4pm

Border Oak welcome you to come and view our two Herefordshire showhomes. It is an excellent opportunity to view our classic Pearmain house, alongside a director at Border Oak’s family home, and chat with our sales team.

If you are interested in attending, please email [email protected], or ring our main office on 01568708752.

07/04/2026

Due to popular demand, we have added a few more slots to our upcoming Open Day at our newly completed home, Vine House!
10th & 11th April 2026 (10-3pm) in Kent.

To book a slot or request more information, please email [email protected] or contact our sales office on 01568708752.

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Kingsland Sawmills
Leominster
HR69SF

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 3pm

Website

https://www.borderoak.com/

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