New Medieval Oak Framed Cottage

by Hugh Conway Morris | Dec 29, 2025

Re-building a medieval oak frame after a house fire Traditional techniques and materials for a thatched cottage in Oxfordshire Manifest were contacted as specialist oak framers following a devastating house fire to the existing property, a medieval thatched cottage. ...

Access ramps for village hall

by Hugh Conway Morris | Jun 29, 2024

New access ramps for Littlemore Village Hall, Oxfordshire Manifest have worked for some years with the trustees and users of the Village Hall, a vital community resource in the village of Littlemore, south of Oxford.  The Hall is a charming Edwardian building which,...

Loft Conversion in an 18th Century House

by Hugh Conway Morris | Aug 15, 2023

Loft Conversion to an 18th Century House Conversion, conservation and retro-fit to an unlisted, historic cottage in west Oxfordshire. We undertook to provide the conversion of an existing loft and roofspace with original 18th century timbers in this charming house in...

Reciprocal-Framed Log Store

by Hugh Conway Morris | Aug 3, 2023

Reciprocal-Framed Log Store Small structure with innovative roof. We were commissioned by the owners of a fine listed house in Oxfordshire to provide them with a log store which was architecturally innovative, beautiful, and suitable for its sensitive context....

Oak-Framed Extension

by Hugh Conway Morris | Jul 20, 2023

An oak-framed extension to a listed cottage in OxfordshireA traditional structure, carefully specified to work with adjoining historic fabric, incorporating natural building principles.Manifest were commissioned to design and construct a new oak-framed garden room to...