Cob: Fwd: 350 yr old cob home in N Devon

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My mother does geneology research and passed this on to me, thought it might be of interest to the list
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DATE: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:55:14
From: Kay Masterson <genehunter at direcway.com>

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dave_tylcoat/backg.htm

We live in small village in North Devon called Burrington  - Our house is about 350 years old and built of cob and stone, originally thatched but now with slates on the roof. Cob used to be a popular building material in this part of England. It consists of a mixture of clay, mud, stones and straw, which was built up in layers about a foot deep - each layer being allowed to dry before the next was added. Our main walls are about three feet thick giving extremely good sound and temperature insulation. See 'Cob and Thatch', Pamela Egeland, Devon Books, ISBN 0 86114-816-9. Behind our house is Holy Trinity church, the building of which was begun around 1150. Inside the church is a list of the vicars going back to 1277. It's nice here!

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