@be_reading Not quite-same base material (clay/straw/cow muck mix) but clay lump is formed into large bricks and air dried,then used. Whereas cob is layered up in situ,building the walls as you go.
Cob is used in the west, clay lump more in East Anglia
A freshly thatched roof, in Norfolk.
I have loved working here, using local and natural materials to revitalise a delightful cottage.
The cottage is clay lump, the roof is reed and straw. All low tech, all effective, all beautiful.
@AuntieEntity8 Clay lump is basically a large, unfired brick, made of clay and straw and cow muck. They are allowed to air dry for a few months, then used like bricks, held together with a clay mortar.
@simon_puxley Ah, those straw animals are not to my taste at all...far too twee! A well thatched roof will always look better without them, in my eyes.
@PeteMoring Nope, clay lump is very different from bricks. Usually found in East Anglia, clay lump is large blocks of clay, formed in moulds and air dried, held together with a wet clay 'mortar'.
Bricks are smaller, kiln fired and joined by cement or lime mortar.
@AdamSharpe15 Indeed they are....or at least they certainly have been for the last 70 years. But I think there is more interest now in traditional techniques and materials. I feel positive about their future.