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Undertaking specialist cob wall repairs in Cornwall must be approached with an understanding as to why the cob wall failed in the first place. There are many factors that can cause cob failure, primarily though, it's because the cob has become saturated.   [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" Overflow="" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" overflow=""][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2833" img_size="large" mkd_css_animation="" set_shader="no" set_popup="no" animate_image_on_hover="zoom"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" Overflow="" triangle_shape="no" css_animation="" overflow=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]   The Cob Specialist has seen too many cob walls have had an impermeable render cladding applied and this application can result in trapped moisture accumulating within the cob itself. Excessive moisture content [in the cob...

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shipwreck-cornwall

Morwenstow, Cornwall's most northerly parish. Remote and windswept with a rugged coastline that was (and is) notoriously treacherous for shipping. On September 7th, 1842 a Scottish built brig called the Caledonia was en-route to Gloucester (England) from the Russian port of Odessa. Carrying a cargo of wheat and 9 crew, the 200t brig was caught in a storm off Sharpnose Point, Morewenstow. The captain, Stephenson Peter, who had already launched the ships skiff, instructed the crew to shorten sail (to avoid coming ashore), however it was too late and the ship hit the rocks. Peter ordered his crew to the rigging...

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