In 1957, Constant sold the house to the Greenwich Historical Society, and it opened as a museum in 1958. The society was able to acquire an impressive amount of material — objects, photographs and ...

Cob houses – made of earth, clay and straw – date back to prehistoric times. Ex-art teacher Michael, a smallholder near Oxford, used only natural or recycled materials ...

Building a Cob House to Code: Cob Shrinkage Test The shrinkage test is the most straightforward and can easily be done on-site by the builder. All you need is a box made out of 2-by-4s.

Cob homes -- made of a ... in a process that is part group art project, ... This 2000 photo shows Linda Smiley in the cob house she and her husband built near Cottage Grove.

Those cob houses that remain today are mainly found in the Vale of Glamorgan and the Gower Peninsula, across Ireland and in south-west England. Winnie's home is a Devon longhouse.

And some houses look very beautiful but must be like living in an art gallery. Our house is not like that.” Because the materials used in a cob house are found locally, people assume it’s a ...

Bob the 14-year-old cob was the mane event when he posed for a life-drawing class at Wentworth Woodhouse. Nine artists had jumped at the chance to spend a morning sketching the sturdy and mild ...

Elena Naemit, visiting from NY, takes pictures as Docent Nancy Barker leads a tour of the Bush-Holley House at the Greenwich Historical Society in Greenwich, Conn., on Saturday August 17, 2024.

Cob houses are built according to a method thought to date back to prehistoric times, which uses only earth, clay and straw - and no power tools. Ex-art teacher Michael, who is now a rural smallholder ...