Insulated Cob Experiment

Insulated Cob Experiment

Insulated CobCan we make a “gross zero” building?  The first pilot.Cob is a wonder material – freely available subsoil, mixed with straw, making load-bearing walls which are eminently non-toxic, accessible, free in material terms, zero embodied...
Cob Oven Workshop with the Fathom Trust

Cob Oven Workshop with the Fathom Trust

Teaching cob oven making in the Brecon BeaconsManifest are delighted to be closely associated with the Fathom Trust, who provide vital and imaginative services within Wales, working with local health providers to promote craft, contemplation and conservation.  Hugh...
Cob Barn Repairs

Cob Barn Repairs

Repairs to a Cob Barn in Warwickshire Emergency works and fabric inspections. Working through a contact with a mud-builder in Cumbria, we were asked to visit a beautiful old farmyard in Warwickshire, and to inspect a small and rather curious open-fronted cob barn,...
Cob Tabernacle

Cob Tabernacle

Cob Tabernacle Designs for self-build, natural churches for new developments in Oxford diocese. How is the Diocese to serve the new housing developments in its area, some of which are as big as small towns?  It is perhaps fair to say that we do not lack church...