- Solid oak pergolas providing robust shade and spatial structure.
- Suitable for parks, playgrounds, gardens and other outdoor public spaces.
- Traditional construction with pegged mortice and tenon joints.
- Subtle detailing.
- Sustainable and naturally durable hardwood.
- Perfect to support climbing plants.
- Traditional or contemporary designs
- Stainless steel tensioned cables to train climbing plants along
- Beam ends: straight/angled/curved/ornate
- Beam undersides can be curved
- All pergolas custom built and so dimensions vary
- Common sizes for posts are 115mm to 150mm square
- Beams vary from 150x50mm upwards
- Typical post spacing between 1.2m and 3.5m
- Max post spacing 4m and sometimes further
- Typical clearance under beams is 2.2m to 2.4m
- Typical cross beam spacing 500mm to 700mm
- Inground fixed
- Galvanised or stainless steel stand-offs
Traditional Pergolas
Contemporary Pergolas
Process
Please phone or email Rodas Irving to discuss your requirements.
We can price from your outline drawings or sketches, and can help develop these for construction to achieve your vision.
We produce a simple 3D visual in SketchUp for approval.
Once the pergola is signed off by you, we’ll agree a timetable for installation. A deposit may be required.
Oxford Oak will make your pergola in our Oxfordshire workshop, deliver and install it on your site. We can work with your landscape contractors for installation where this suits you.
Pergola Season
Oak pergolas are made from green oak, so they season best slowly over the winter months, rather than quickly during summer. We recommend booking your pergola for installation from October to March.
Construction
Each pergola is individually made in our Oxfordshire workshop.
We use traditional pegged mortice and tenon joints, made with oak pegs hand made in our workshop. This creates an attractive and very robust joint. Other joints are fixed with stainless steel coach screws.
To fix the posts inground, choose either galvanised or stainless steel stand-offs, or the oak posts are fixed directly inground.
Beam end style options
Beam end: Straight
Beam end: Angled
Beam end: Curved
Beam end: Double curved
Supports for climbing plants
Pergola posts and beams can support climbing plants
Stainless steel tensioned cables can be provided for additional plant support
Fixing options
Fixing option: Galvanised or stainless steel standoffs
Fixing option: Oak fixed inground
Relevant projects
Oxford Oak were commissioned to construct a large scale oak pergola for Rackley’s Barn…
Contemporary oak pergola arches provided the horizontal elements in Garden Stories beautifully planted show garden…
A traditional oak pergola was constructed to provide a focal point at the centre of a square in Bicester Eco Village…