Eco-friendly Cornish Cabin

Tom Jubb, from our Cornwall yard collaborated on the design with Sue and Jane for a five-bay structure that would provide open but separate spaces.  From the open-sided car-port, through to a bedroom with ensuite shower, a kitchen-dining-living area and a half-bay veranda to enjoy the views across the rolling hills towards Fowey.

Time on site was kept to a minimum thanks to a number of processes being manufactured off-site.  The oak frame was made by the team in our workshops near St Ives.  The cassettes for the curved roof and the walls were also assembled off-site, insulated with wood fibre.

The frame and cassettes were erected in five days, with all the corrugated sheets on the following week.

On the exterior of the cabin, encapsulation is a mixture of vertical larch cladding and corrugated iron, with the direct glazing, doors and windows supplied by Rationel.  The finished structure is super-insulated, with one small heater in the living room and a towel rail in the bathroom, both seldom needed.

The cabin, with one double bedroom and ensuite shower room is a perfect addition to the three-bedroom cottage.  It is ideal for additional visitors wanting their own space and also for the less mobile with no stairs to contend with.

The open plan cabin provides a good space for gathering and relaxing and the west-facing deck at the end has proved the perfect place for early evening aperitifs to catch the last rays of the setting sun, overlooking the orchard and fields beyond.

You can rent this property through Cornish Traditional Cottages or HomeAway.