My Pounds 700,000 Eco-Friendly Mud Hut ; Retired Lawyer Nicholas Worsley Created an Amazing House Using Centuries-Old and Thoroughly Modern Techniques

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When Nicholas Worsley decided to build an eco-house on an idyllic plot overlooking the River Severn on the outskirts of Worcester, he wanted to buck the trend for environmentally friendly houses that were 'terribly virtuous but aesthetically dull'.

The finished result, Cobtun, is anything but dull. Known locally as the 'mud house' and named after the cob wall which encircles it, the four-bedroom house won the Royal Institute of British Architect's Sustainability Award 2005.

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My Pounds 700,000 Eco-Friendly Mud Hut ; Retired Lawyer Nicholas Worsley Created an Amazing House Using Centuries-Old and Thoroughly Modern Techniques

'It beat the new Brighton library, which cost Pounds 60million to build,' Nicholas points out.

The former barrister built the house, which is all on one level and wheelchair-friendly, for his wife Anna, who was suffering from myotonic dystrophy, a muscle-wasting condition.

The couple were living in a four-...

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