Grand Designs - Season 13 Episode 8 East Devon: Cob Castle
Kevin meets a master craftsman whose dream is to build a castle made entirely of mud.
Kevin McCabe is the leading living exponent of the ancient art of cob building - wrestling houses out of mud using his bare hands. But Kevin doesn't just want to build another cob house, he wants to build a cob castle.
Not only that, Kevin also wants their gigantic new cob house to meet the highest environmental performance targets ever set. It is truly an almighty challenge.
The house will be formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses - the largest of which is inspired by the natural geometry of a snail shell - connected by glazing and topped with undulating wild-flower meadow roofs to mirror the surrounding Devon countryside.
But building it involves mixing and laying a mind boggling 2000 tonnes of cob, all during warm sunny weather. Kevin is determined to have the main cob walls up in a few months. But soon the sheer scale of the task becomes clear.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: Channel 4
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Cast: Kevin McCloud
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First Air Date: Apr 29, 1999
Last Air date: Oct 30, 2024
Season: 25 Season
Episode: 236 Episode
Runtime: 45 minutes
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 47.00 users
Popularity: 56.855
Language: English
Keyword : house, architecture
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The 1920s Cinema
North London: The miniature Hollywood mansion
York: The Giant Farm Shed
Devon
South Lanarkshire
Monmouthshire: Japanese House
South London: Modernist Masterpiece
East Devon: Cob Castle
Newbury: Christmas Farm
Revisited: Malaga, Spain: Modernist Villa
Revisited: Woodbridge: The Modest Home
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