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Job 0407Stairs

The Old Rectory staircase

A new curving oak staircase in a stone hallway, with turned spindles and a handrail that sweeps into the bottom step.

Where
The Old Rectory, Hallow
Fitted
March 2026
Timber
European white oak
Finish
Hardwax oil, satin
On the bench
9 weeks
A curving oak staircase in a stone-walled hallway with turned spindles, a polished handrail and a wide rounded bottom step on a black and white tiled floor

Bullnose step, laminated from 9 layers

The old stairs at the rectory were a 1960s replacement in softwood, and they had never suited the house. The new flight follows the line of the old one but turns at the bottom into a wide bullnose step, so the hallway feels like the front of the house again.

Bending the string

The outer string curves through ninety degrees at the bottom. We laminated it from nine thin layers of oak over a former in the workshop, glued it up in one go and left it a week before we touched it. It hasn’t moved a millimetre since.

Close-up of an oak newel post with a square cap and a curved oak handrail joining it, held by a round wooden peg
Fig. 2The handrail meets the newel, pegged, no screws

Cut list

PartSize (mm)Qty
String (laminated)4 800 × 280 × 452
Tread1 100 × 260 × 3214
Newel1 250 × 90 × 902
Spindle (turned)900 × 40 × 4031
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