The Counting House — Pontefract
Oak Frames, Boxing-ins & Interior Details
Oak machined and fitted around windows, door frames, toilet areas, boxing-ins and feature details, with new and old oak worked together by eye and hand.
Oak throughout the interior
The Counting House needed more than one set-piece. The character of the finished building came through a large amount of visible oak joinery, fitted into the everyday parts of the interior.
Oak was machined to size and worked around windows, frames, toilet areas, boxing-ins and other junctions. Each piece had to be practical, neat and in keeping with the old building around it.
Toilet-area frames and boxing-ins
The toilet areas were given oak frames, boxing-ins and feature details so the service spaces still felt part of the same heritage scheme.
Good interior joinery in a building like this is not about making everything shout. It is about line, fit, proportion and finish, so the practical work looks considered rather than added late.
Old oak, new oak and rustic detail
In the gents, a small window detail was made with a mix of old rustic oak and new oak for the sides and head. The point was to keep the detail in character, avoiding anything too clean or flat against the surrounding fabric.
New oak was machined accurately, then judged against reused oak and existing timber so the finished detail felt believable. Colour, grain and edge sharpness all mattered.
Decorative oak near the bar stair
Near the bar stair area, an oak newel and post detail was shaped, fluted and given an ogee-style moulded detail. It gave the piece a decorative lift without pulling it away from the building's traditional language.
This is the kind of small detail that changes how a room feels. A flat piece would have done the job; shaped oak made it part of the building.
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