Cob looking for examples of long lived natural structures

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Keith Breuker wrote:

> I am working on an article about natural building as it relates to 
> building codes.  I would like to include some examples of long lived
> naturally constructed buildings.  Any suggestions?
> 
Don't know how long lived you are looking for, or for that matter, how
"natural" you want the buildings to be, but there is a picture of a cob
structure in Devon, England that has a plate on the front indicating that
it was built in 1539.  There is also a New Zealand mansion that was built
in 1856.  I don't recall much in the way of details about these buildings,
Ianto at Cob Cottage could probably tell you more.  The picture index page
for Cob Cottage is at:

     http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage/pics/

You can click on the images to get a larger picture, though you still
can't read the date plate on the building.  It is readable on the
original photo, and probably is readable on the unprocessed scan of the
photo image if I can remember where I put it (all images on the site are
compressed pretty heavily).

Shannon C. Dealy
dealy at deatech.com