Cob is an earthen material that is made of mud, sand and straw. The all-women collective Mudgirls has been building cob houses that resemble Hobbit homes on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands ...

Living in a cob house isn’t something homeowners do to blend with the neighbourhood, and Patrick Hennebery knows this firsthand. He lived in a cob house on Mayne Island for 10 years.

The house, on Mayne Island, B.C., is a unique cob house that's drawn comparisons to a Hobbit house. According to owner Alexis Borsboom, it's more than just a rental property.

The main building of the 1,291-square-foot villa has three bedrooms with another bedroom and study available inside the guest house. Additions like interior and exterior balconies, bedroom lofts ...

Photo by Randy Shore / PNG “People have been building with cob and earth since the beginning of time and there are whole communities built like this all over the world,” said Amanda-Rae.

A farmer has built a one-bedroom house for just £150 using mud, clay, straw, and materials he found in a skip. Michael Buck, 59, erected the 'cob house' at the bottom of his garden near Oxford using ...