Kevin Mccabe Cob House Completed

Kevin mccabe one of the uk s leading living exponents of the pre historic art of cob building was determined to show how the method could be brought up to date to produce a luxury home that meets modern building standards.

Kevin mccabe cob house completed. The house was to be formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses connected by glazing and topped. Back in 2011 kevin mccabe didn t just want to build just a cob house he wanted to build a cob castle measuring an enormous 10 000 square feet. Legendary house building show grand designs is back for an 18th series and will this time revisit a stunning cob castle in east devon. Cob building on the planet was built a stone s throw from the cob house mr mccabe.

Builder kevin mccabe embarked on a wildly ambitious project to create a 10 000sq ft family home from cob an all natural material made from a mixture of sand clay straw water and earth in. We specialise in the high quality repair of historic buildings particularly those containing cob and increasingly over the last 25 years the construction of new cob buildings. King of cob kevin mccabe got his name due to being a. Kevin king of cob mccabe and grand designs uk host kevin mccloud inside the finished cob castle.

Builder kevin mccabe embarked on a wildly ambitious project to create a 10 000sq ft family home from cob an all natural material made from compacted soil clay and straw back in april 2011. The cob castle has been built by the king of cob himself builder kevin mccabe from ottery st mary. Cob building specialist kevin mccabe has worked on numerous bespoke projects over the last 30 years both nationally and internationally. Finally seven years after it began the herculean task of building this giant cob castle is complete.

Kevin mccabe cob building specialist.