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Heriot Island Timber Frames
Timber-frame house on a rock outcrop with a wraparound deck

Custom timber frame home

The Outcrop House

A house grown out of the rock

Materials

Joinery
Hip rafters, knee braces and posts left exposed through the living spaces
Heat
Wood stove at the heart of the kitchen

A braced timber frame home on a rock outcrop above the water, with a wraparound deck and a great room open to the islands.

From closing in to home

  1. Timber-framed house lit up at night

    1. Closing in

  2. Kitchen beneath exposed timber rafters and a gable window

    2. Interior

  3. The house on a mossy hillside under a stormy sky

    3. Home

Looking up at hip rafters meeting over the living room
Looking up at hip rafters meeting over the living room
Knee braces framing the kitchen and wood stove
Knee braces framing the kitchen and wood stove
Kitchen island under the timber ceiling
Kitchen island under the timber ceiling
Long view down the great room past the timber posts
Long view down the great room past the timber posts
Window framed by a post and brace, looking out to the islands
Window framed by a post and brace, looking out to the islands
Living room under the gable with ocean views
Living room under the gable with ocean views
Braced timber frame around a sunlit sitting area
Braced timber frame around a sunlit sitting area

Have a rock with a view?

Send us a photo of the rock and where the sun sets from it. We’ll tell you how we’d pin a frame to it.

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