Cormhaye

No 124, Cormhaye, is an experimental smallholder's dwelling constructed between 1919 and 1920 for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. The building is of smooth rendered cob construction with rounded corners, featuring a tarred brick sill. It has a plain tiled roof. The main block is two storeys and two bays, with a single-storey wing housing the entrance, which has a bead-moulded door. The windows are timber-framed with paned glazing, tile drips, and no sills. A later extension has been added to the rear. The roof is hipped, and stack chimneys are rendered. Cormhaye was one of the second group of experimental houses built to achieve economies in construction. Further information is documented in Building Research Report No 5, 1922; Country Life, 20th and 27th November 1920; and Clough Williams Ellis’s Building in Cob, Pise, and Stabilised Earth, 1922, later reissued and edited by J. & E. Eastwick Field.