Roman villa - Pics

ken · Post: # 66334Post **ken** Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:16 pm

Went to the roman villa today off â€œRome wasnâ€™t built in a dayâ€� ive taken a few photos of the build/paving if any one would like too see them? Some of them are shocking! Iâ€™m having trouble uploading the pics on here, is there any member on here I could email the pics to and them post them on my behalf ? pm me email addy if poss
ken

Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:29 pm

looks a mess from here

LLL

Suggers · Post: # 66343Post **Suggers** Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:43 am

So Ken, where is this roman villa ? - it's deffo not verulamium, as my missus will be down on you like a ton of bricks?
Are you saying, this is in Italy?

Tommy · Post: # 66344Post **Tommy** Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:42 am

No, this Villa is the one they built in Shropshire for the 'Rome wasn't built in a day' programme

mickavalon · Post: # 66346Post **mickavalon** Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:48 am

To be fair it looked a bodge up all round when I watched it, the guys who built these originally would of been time served guys, with a load of slave labour as back up, not a load of fat blokes making it up as they went along.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:53 am

the walls and roof look ok
just that paving EEK!
did they cut it themselves?
looks pants
LLL

ken · Post: # 66360Post **ken** Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:48 pm

I may have missed the last episode of the show. I was under the impression they were going to build a functional roman villa. Only the out side shell of the building was complete. None of the rooms inside were complete, just unfinished wooden beams with plaster slapped on them and concrete floors. The paving out side was Indian sand stone, some of it had been cut with diamond blades, other parts with a chisel. Not all of it was concreted down, loads of loose pieces. It looked to me that they had either run out of time or money to complete the project. None of the guys that built the villa were credited for it any where on site. Fair play to the lads that built it not being able to use modern day tools/equipment but it wasnâ€™t worth the 12 quid to see it, or the 170 mile 3.5 hour round trip. I did email LLL more than the two pics he posted, but the work quality shown sums up the unposted pics.

rab1 · Post: # 66368Post **rab1** Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:26 pm

watched one episode of this and thought it was a complete con, the lad was using a wheelbarrow and the Romen's used slaves. also the fact that we dont have the skills they had due to technology.

Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:54 pm

the third picture wouldnt open ken,it had a broken link sign on it
I guess with all things TV once the show was a wrap, they just deserted it as all TV companies are want to do
I have done some work with film companies and they are close to traffic wardens and estate agents IMHO.
a real Roman terrace would have been built up from larger aggregates to fines at the surface then stone masons would have shaped the stone
cheers LLL

ken · Post: # 66374Post **ken** Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:02 pm

I must have done summat wrong then as I sent you 10 pics! Never mind, the pics of the 90 degree herringbone block paving using reclaimed house bricks was truly awful!

Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:27 pm

they were might big pictures ken,best size when you take photies is less than 1 megapixel,or even email size 800 by 600 pixels
clogs up the interweb otherwise
LLL