Register now for our first online talk of 2025.
We will be joined by guest speaker Phil Easton. Phil will give us an in-depth account of the processes involved in researching and investigating to restore, conserve, convert, extend, modernise, and landscape 18th century thatched cob houses, using 18th to 21st century technologies.
In a very short time, Phil will cover most of the major problems (of which there are many) encountered during a typical thatched cob restoration project, sharing examples mostly from Milton Abbas.
Phil will also touch on the rights and wrongs of converting buildings originally workers hovels into very valuable houses, fit for the pages of Country Life magazine.
About the speaker
Phil Easton RIBA CA, founding director of Western Design Architects, which they started in 1986 in a garden shed.
After five years of experience working on site, on conversion and restoration of historic buildings, Phil has been doing their own building work ever since and says ‘Building is LEGO for grown ups.’
Phil has over 50 years hands on experience working with thatched cob cottages (both listed and located in conservation areas) having bought his first thatched cob cottage 50 years ago when he was a student. Phil’s still learning.
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