Case Studies in the UK
Straw Bale Holiday Cottage is an unusual place to stay in Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales. The ultimate getaway, The Straw Cottage is truly far from the madding crowd, a straw bale cottage in an idyllic spot on Ty Gwyn Farm....
In 2014, the Parochial Church Council of St Mary's Chalgrove, in South Oxfordshire, received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project to enhance the Grade I-listed 12th century building and its contents, in keeping with what has been inherited from the past....
It’s great to see the use of Beeckosil mineral paint (Colour: Talc) on this handsome early 19th-century Grade II-listed Georgian house between Brecon and Hay-on-Wye. Applied onto a bagged lime finish (by Alastair McGowan), the building was decorated by Luke Rees....
The Somerset Rural Life Museum is located on the outskirts of Glastonbury, not far from the famous abbey ruins, and was established in the 1970s to tell the story of rural life in the county. The museum is based at what was one of the principal dairy farms in the area and includes the magnificent......
Nash’s House is a beautiful Tudor home, steeped in history. It was originally owned by Shakespeare’s granddaughter and is named after her first husband, Thomas Nash....
The restoration of one of Coventry’s oldest buildings began in the spring following a cash boost, and Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd are delighted to be supplying materials for this significant project. ...
Barbrook Passivhaus is part of the national Retrofit for the Future competition; the aim was to retrofit two social housing properties to achieve an 80% CO2 reduction....
The Priory Church of St Mary and St Blaise sits in the centre of the historic village of Boxgrove near Chichester, within the sweep of land beneath the South Downs....
An exciting opportunity arose to refurbish a series of fine Georgian townhouses within the St Woolos Conservation Area, Newport. These mid 1840s Grade II-listed properties form part of a formal terrace on Stow Hill below Newport Cathedral....
Greenpeace constructed a timber and strawbale recording studio at the Glastonbury Festival....