Every frame cut by hand from green oak and fully assembled in our workshop before it reaches you.
Rated 5.0 on Google by the people whose buildings we made.
Read the reviewsOur workshop is at Unit 4, Foords Farm, Vines Cross, near Heathfield. Every frame is cut and jointed there.
Book a call backPosts, beams and braces are shaped by hand in green oak, held with pegged mortice and tenon joints.
How we workStandard oak frame kits are supplied across the UK, with most joints preassembled in the workshop.
See the kitsMonarch Oak Ltd makes oak frame garages in East Sussex. Our workshop is at Unit 4, Foords Farm in Vines Cross, a hamlet near Heathfield, and every frame we sell is cut and jointed there by hand.
Founded by award winning craftsmen with over 50 years of experience in the oak frame building industry, we have stayed with traditional methods while others turned to machine production. Every structure has curved bracing and pegged mortice and tenon joints, and is fully assembled in our workshop before delivery.
Founded by award winning craftsmen with over 50 years in oak frame building.
How we workBuilt and installed across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire, with Berkshire and Buckinghamshire also covered.
Check your areaGarages, garages with a room above, building kits, gazebos, pergolas and garden offices.
What we build
From our Sussex workshop we craft a wide range of oak framed buildings, combining traditional craftsmanship with modern function, and offer a bespoke design and build service for clients across the UK.
Single, two, three and four bay garages drawn around your home, with a log store or an open aisle if you would like one.
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Garaging and storage below, with an insulated office or living space upstairs, lit by roof lights or dormers.
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One, two and three bay garages and an oak gazebo, with most joints preassembled and clear guidance for your own fitters.
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A roofed oak gazebo with open sides, for dining outdoors and somewhere to sit out whatever the weather.
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Open oak pergolas that give dappled shade and carry climbing plants over a terrace or seating area.
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Fully insulated garden offices, studios and garden rooms, designed around the person who will use them.
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Our oak frame building kits come in a range of standard designs: one, two and three bay garages and an oak gazebo, with gable, hip or barn end roofs and options for half bays, aisles and log stores. Most joints are preassembled in the workshop, and every kit is delivered with clear assembly guidance.
Starting prices, excluding VAT and delivery.
Choose the bays, the roof and an extra, and watch the frame go up the way it does in our workshop: padstones, posts, wall plate, curved braces, then the roof.
The Weald was once densely wooded, and oak was the natural material for its houses and barns. A new green oak frame with pegged joints and curved braces is made the same way as those older buildings, which is why it looks at home beside them.
Posts, beams and braces are shaped by hand at Vines Cross. We have never moved to machine production.
Every post, beam and brace is marked out and shaped at our Vines Cross workshop.
How a frame is madeMortice and tenon joints held with oak pegs, so the frame tightens as the oak dries.
Oak pegs hold each mortice and tenon, and the joints tighten as the green oak dries.
See our buildingsEvery frame is put together in the workshop first, so each joint is proven before delivery.
The frame is test assembled in the workshop, then taken apart and made ready to travel.
Follow the stagesThe people who made the frame put it up across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
The same team that cuts your frame puts it up across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
Areas we coverThe same five stages for every frame we make, whether it is a kit for your own fitters or a bespoke building.
We design from scratch, work from the drawings you already have, or start from a standard frame in our kit range.
Posts, beams and braces are marked out and shaped by hand, with pegged mortice and tenon joints and curved braces.
The whole frame is assembled in our workshop and every joint checked, then it is taken apart and made ready to travel.
The finished timbers are delivered to you. Kits travel with clear assembly guidance, all over the country.
Our installation team puts the frame up, or your own builder does. The joints are proven, so the work on site is assembly.
Not sure where to start? Call 01435 408030 and we will talk it through, with no obligation.
Every building here was cut, jointed and test assembled in our workshop. Choose a type, or open any photograph full size.
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Published Google reviews from the people whose buildings we made.
“From initial enquiry to final invoice, Monarch Oak have been a pleasure. Tom in the office has been so patient with our questions, Tommy drove for 4 hours to put our garage up and the quality of the finished product has drawn admiration from neighbours and grocery delivery men alike.”
“Worked with Monarch Oak to come up with a glorious 2 bay garage, would and have recommended to friends.”
Many oak framed buildings fall under permitted development, so planning permission may not be needed. Size, position, intended use and distance from the boundary all affect the answer, and listed properties, conservation areas, National Landscapes and National Parks carry tighter rules. Our planning team will guide you through it.
In general, buildings other than farm buildings need building control approval once they are over 30 square metres or within 1 metre of a boundary. A building with a room above normally needs a planning application as well.
Yes. Where planning permission has been granted and drawings exist, they become our starting point. We go through them first and suggest practical changes where we think they would help.
Yes. We can arrange a site visit to look at your plot, or a viewing of one of our completed buildings, so you can judge the oak, the joints and the scale for yourself.
Both begin with a frame made by hand in our workshop. Our own craftsmen build and install across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire, and we also cover Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. A kit suits a customer with a builder already on site, and kits are supplied nationwide with clear assembly guidance.
By hand, in green oak. The joints are pegged mortice and tenon and the braces are curved. Every building is fully assembled in our workshop at Vines Cross before it is delivered, so each joint is proven before it reaches your site.
Yes, when it is built for it. Our garden offices and studios can be fully insulated, so the room is as comfortable in winter as it is in June. Tell us at the start how you plan to use it and we will design it around that.
Orders are taken by phone. Call 01435 408030 to talk through which option suits your plot, or ask for our free brochure to compare the full range first.
Our own craftsmen build and install across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire, and we also cover Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Standard designs are supplied nationwide as kits.
Try a town, for example Tunbridge Wells.
Counties we coverOrders are taken by phone, and we are always happy to talk a project through. Ask for the free brochure or a call back, and we will be in touch.
