Since Ms. Kyles took over construction of her cob-walled building from Mr. Beaton and his partner, Gene Power, last summer, she would know. But this author wonders, what if one mixed up trowels or cat litter boxes?It was a mixture, the trio say, decided upon after talking with a cob expert, watching countless online tutorials, and then, finally, making test-bricks to dry in the sun: some crumbled, some seemed a bit off, and then, finally, the right one came out rock-hard.
So, in 2018, when Mr. Margetson tipped Ms. Kyles off about a nearby farm on Clossen Road that was clearing some buildings – including a pig pen that he took and turned into a tool shed – and that he could get her a nice, 20- by- 25-foot post-and-beam carriage house for The Gryphon, she agreed.Shannon Kyles' cob-reinforced Carriage House. Windows.Shannon Kyles' cob-reinforced Carriage House. Walls with parging coat.Shannon Kyles' cob-reinforced Carriage House.
“Sometimes you see a frame with brick with what they call ‘nogging’ infill,” says Mr. Beaton. “It’s bricks and then they’ll smear over that brick with something like .”