Building a Medieval Timber Framed Granary House with Hand Tools - Part I | Anglo-Saxon Woodworking

The video shows the construction of a medieval timber‑framed granary house using hand tools, following early Anglo‑Saxon building traditions. The builder uses hewn hazel timbers felled the previous year as sills for the base, which sit on staddle stones—posts or stones with a mushroom‑shaped cap that prevents rodents from climbing. The narrator explains how these staddles were common in England from the 16th century and in Northern Europe, and how Roman granaries were also built on wooden posts. To test the concept, the builder hews oak posts, flattens their upper ends with an axe, and buries them to create the staddle mushrooms, ensuring the sills sit level and sturdy.