Assington Mill Owlery

2020-10-05
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Assington Mill Owlery
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Loadbearing owlery on timber & gravel foundations courses by Amazon Nails

Project Data

Place:Assington Completion:2006 Construction:Loadbearing Design:Anne Holden Straw Builder: Amazon Nails trainer Barbara Jones Amazon Nails trainer Barbara Jones Visitable:No Press photos:No
Living Area:18m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects UK,

A 2 storey loadbearing owlery designed by Anne Holden from details by Barbara Jones. The ground floor is a bird hide. It has timber railway sleeper foundations on a gravel bed, lime plaster externally and a mono pitch roof . Built by courses from Barbara of Amazon Nails and self-built by Anne with contractor help. Owls moved in a few weeks after completion.

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esba

The European Straw Building Association is an independent European association, devoid of any profit making motive. The object of the Association is to promote and develop the use of straw, as a sustainable way of building in all the senses of the term “sustainable”: renewable, ecological, healthy, energy and climate efficient, social and economic.
The Association is a federation composed of organisations and people particularly concerned with the use of straw in buildings.

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