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The Tumby workshop will be held on the 21st May 2016 10am start At Tumby nr. Coningsby Everyone is welcome to come along!

The VAG held their 2016 Spring Conference in Lincoln from 29th March to 1st April. They had evening lectures, but most of their time was spent on touring the local area in the day time, and one one of these days, they visited a number of mud and stud buildings. Arrangements had been made for the delegates to see the cottages in Thimbleby Village and Mareham le Fen Village, and The Blue Bell Inn at Tattershall Thorpe. They also came to the barn at Tumby Moorside near Coningsby (built about 1750), which enables them to see the inside of the barn which is, effectively, an unfinished structure. With two separate groups of about 40 people, there were plenty of questions and also discussions about dates, building techniques, framing details, the distribution of mud and stud buildings, and "Why in Lincolnshire?". Also discussed were the repair techniques which EMESS is using when being allowed to repair this buildig. As the building is listed Grade II, all the repairs are carried o...

Just a quick reminder to all members and non-members, Our next meeting is taking place this coming Wednesday 9th March 2016, at 7:00pm. Venue; Seminar Room MB1009M in the Minerva Building, University of Lincoln Campus There will be a short presentation followed by Dr. Erica Mallory-Blyth on "Electromagnetic Health and the Built Environment" and the beneficial effects of living in earth buildings. This will then be followed by the general meeting. - - all welcome to attend - - We hope to see you there!

This year is an exciting year for EMESS! 1- Next meeting 9th March 2016 2- New-Build Mud and Stud 3- VAG - Vernacular Architecture Group 1- Next Meeting: The next meeting will be at the University of Lincoln on March 9th 2016 at 7:00pm. Venue; Seminar Room MB1009M in the Minerva Building, University of Lincoln Campus There will be a short presentation followed by Dr. Erica Mallory-Blyth on "Electromagnetic Health and the Built Environment" and the beneficial effects of living in earth buildings. This will then be followed by the general meeting. - all welcome to attend 2- New-Build Mud and Stud A new project in partnership with the Village Museum in Skegness, Lincoln University and Earth Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI) has just got off the ground. The intention is to hopefully gain planning permission and building regulation permission to erect a new dwelling on the museum site that will set a precedent for the use of mud and stud as a viable option for...

LOCATION: Field Cottage, Moorby. PRESENT : Jill Cousins, Alison Cousins, Ben Gadsby, Julian Millhouse, Tony Bonham, Nicholas Sherratt, Kelly Scott, Mike Summer, Richard Sivill. Stella Sivill, Derek Lane, Neil Cook, Eleanor Harris, Trevor Oliver, Marcin Kolakowski, Catherine Wilson, Graham Beaumont, Bernard Martin, Ann Marecombe, Robin Brittain, Erica Mallory-Blythe, Andrew Mallory-Blythe and David Glew. APOLOGIES: John Hurd, Arthur Fox, Jane Pow, Chris Healy and Robert Walker. ABSENT FRIEND: This was the first EMESS meeting since the sudden death of the chairman Rodney Cousins. The location was at the cottage where Rodney had been arranging a meeting which had to be cancelled because of his sudden illness. This was an opportunity for members to reflect on Rodney's contribution to the current knowledge of earthen buildings. David started by remembering that Rodney had provided the location for the first EMESS meeting, at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life, 21 years previous, wh...

In 1994, while he was at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Rodney held the first meeting for the founding of the East Midlands Earth Structure Society. This is a group of conservationists, architects, builders and house holders who are interested in buildings made from earth. These structures include Lincolnshire's mud-and-stud cottages. It is appropriate that the short name for a society which enjoys working with wet, sticky mud, is EMESS - in other words ...ee-mess! Rodney wrote a unique and informative book about mud-and-stud buildings in Lincolnshire. This followed his project to move an unwanted mud-and-stud cottage from the village of Withern to the Church Farm Museum in Skegness. With EMESS members, he attended the international conference on earthen buildings called Tera 2000 in Torquay, and sold lots of copies of his book there! Over the years since, in EMESS and as its chairman, Rodney gave talks himself and organised talks by others. He organised walkabouts around vil...

          EMESS will be holding it's Open Evening                           On:                  Tuesday 10th November 2015                                                 From                          6:30pm                           At:                Field Cottage, Moorby. Situated a few miles South of Horncastle on the B1183 Horncastle to Revesby Road. By kind permissions of the owners -       Andrew and Erica Mallory-Blythe Off road parking is available next to Field Cottage. Refreshments - Normal charge of £2 per head. Special o...