Natural building with style in Somerset, England

 
   
 
 
 

This beautiful tiny cob home sits on the banks of a small stream in Somerset, England. Recently the little stream became a torrent that burst its bank and flooded the house but the stone stem wall protected the cob and straw bales and its drying out. Lisa and Rich built the house with clay from the stream and roundwood Pine and Hawthorne thinned from the local woodlands. The roof is tiled with cedar shingles and the walls are straw bale on the north and east with sculpted swirls of cob on the south and west. More...