"Log construction demands the highest skill, and the numerous terms employed in connection with the technique bear witness to a specialized and refined craftsmanship"

'Early Wooden Architecture in Norway'
Gunner Bugge, 1969

A Brief History

In times past, people built their own homes grew their own food, made their own clothes. The knowledge of building crafts was generally passed from father to son or master to apprentice. Then, with industrialisation and the population shift from country to cities, the knowledge was put aside and much of it was lost.

The log cabin is the traditional building technique used across much of central and northern Europe, with its practice dating back over a thousand years in Scandinavia. This log construction method has stood the test of time, and modern building materials because of its versatility. Put in simple terms it can be used to construct almost any building, from the huge vaulted churches of northern Russia, to the small sauna buildings in Scandinavia. Wherever logs are an abundant resource they have been used to build.

What We Can Offer

In Britain today we have the timber resource, and through LOG CABIN UK, we also have the skills and craftsmanship required to use it. A hand built 'true' log cabin has all the attributes we have come to expect from conventional building plus many, many more.

A cabin from LOG CABIN UK will not only be beautiful to look at it will also stimulate the rest of your senses, with the wonderfully tactile nature of substantial logs and the irresistible aroma of the species used: Larch, Douglas Fir and Western Red Cedar.

European or Common Larch (Larix decidua)	Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)

The beauty does not stop there, as our cabins come with hand made windows and doors, created by our team of local craftsmen who take pride in seeing a job carried out to the highest standard. This combined with a roof covering that is as stunning as the rest of the building, whether it be our wooden board design from Lapland, slow grown Norway spruce shingles from the Czech Republic or an eye-catching grass roof. All add up to make a cabin from LOG CABIN UK the perfect choice when considering a new building, whatever its end use may be.

Log Cabins are wonderfully versatile contsructions which can be used for a variety of purposes. Click here for a list of suggestions.

You can view a selection of Log Cabin images in the Photo Gallery.