TODMORDEN STRAWBALE HOTEL
STRAW!!
You might be incredulous that a three-story hotel could be built of straw when your only knowledge of straw-building comes from the "three-little-piggies" tale. Well this section shows you a couple of real buildings that have been built in this country (yes, in our weather).
CUERDEN VALLEY PARK, PRESTON
This building contains NO cement, limited plastics (all uPVC free), no squirty or foamy stuff in tubes, no materials with added formaldehydes. These are the design standards and specifications that we will use for the hotel to achieve a high quality, healthy, beautiful, cost effective building. No compromise on environmental principles.
The centre was constructed by volunteers of the Cuerden Valley Park Trust with courses run by the School of Natural Building for carpentry, car tyre foundations, straw bale walls, lime rendering and cedar shingling
'The Footprint' in Windermere
The National Trust’s flagship building, an indoor/outdoor classroom, made from natural materials mostly from the National Trust’s own land and a woodburning stove.
OUR PLAN
To bring affordable, beautiful, healthy and flood-proof
accommodation for Todmorden’s visitors!
