Barn Club: A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit

* If you also purchase Hand Hewn, you’ll find an automatic “thank you” discount of 10% off both titles in your cart. Barn Club: A Tale of Forgotten Elm Trees, Traditional Craft and Community Spirit By: Robert J. Somerville A glimpse inside an ancient elm-framed barn in Hertfordshire, U.K., was enough to inspire author and builder Robert Somerville to change the course of his life. In his book, Barn Club, Somerville tells the captivating story of his vision to rekindle the age-old tradition of barn raising in his corner of the world. But this was not just a solitary builder scratching away at his life’s ambitions – it would become a gathering, a “Barn Club” of individuals from all walks of life who came to help over the course of a year in sourcing timbers, hewing, cutting joinery, and raising an elm-framed barn at Churchfield Farm.  Somerville tells an enchanting and engaging tale of the whole process – from the way he first felt looking into the shadowy depths of that old barn, to the