Natural BuildingResidency

Cob Building Residency

Fairytale Cob House · Abeloer, United Kingdom

Two weeks shaping earth and straw into living architecture, building a real structure on an off-grid Scottish holding.

Mix and build with cob from start to finishHand-sculpt a wall, bench, and bread ovenLive on-site in a forest garden

What you'll learn

Confidently mix, build, and sculpt with cob
Understand foundations, walls, and natural roofs
Leave with a portfolio of your own built work

What the land gains

A finished cob bread oven and cooking shelter for the holding
A weathered south wall repaired and re-plastered

The host site

Fairytale Cob House

An off-grid cob hideaway in a Scottish forest garden

A hand-built cob cottage with curved walls sits at the heart of a young forest garden on a small Scottish holding. The land is slowly being shaped into a productive, biodiverse haven, and there's always something to build, plant, or mend.

Your teacher

Tomás Ferreira

Cob & earthen building craftsman

4.9 · 64 reviews · 9 yrs teaching