This quaint and rustic pink cob cottage in St Ives, Cornwall, offers a luxury coastal retreat with frontline views of Porthmeor Beach. Accessed via a shared courtyard, Alba Beach House is a ...

When spring came they started constructing the cob cottage with the help of more than 50 volunteers. I was one of those volunteers, and I helped Lin mix the cob on tarps using buckets of clay ...

Imagine it: a house that’s your own, no banker breathing down your throat, constructed not with cold steel or expensive timber but with the very earth itself straw, sand, and clay, shaped by your own ...

Where better to hunker down in the autumn than the ultimate snug home? The thatched cottage is romantic, sustainable, has a long, proud tradition – and is now enjoying a revival. As the nights draw in ...