Eco-buildings
PV cells
Green roof
Reclaimed materials
Recycling facilities
Fordhall is home to two large eco buildings (including a straw bale lodge), plus we have three compost toilets, (as well as the flushing kind!) a woodland roundhouse for retreats, weddings and educational sessions and off grid glamping yurts.
At Fordhall we have built with straw, hemp, car tyres, hempcrete, reclaimed bricks, lime plasters/mortars, clay paints, cedar shingles, and used Roundwood timber framing. Within this we have used sheep’s wool insulation, hemp batts, recycled newspaper, and slate.
If anyone would like to know more about the natural building techniques we have used, please do get in touch. You can view summary of our first renovation here:
The Straw Lodge
This beautiful Lodge can sleep up to 30 guests and now forms an integral part of Fordhall’s volunteer programme, Care Farm facility, educational offer, weddings and corporate residential packages. For more information on bookings click here.
To find out more about the how and why of this special building, please see the poster below from our campaign in 2018.
Eco-features
Our 'green roof', above the shop and cafe walkway attracts pollinators, birds and squirrels.
Straw insulation in the Straw Lodge is less energy intensive than concrete.
Natural materials like clay and lime are used to plaster the walls of the Straw Lodge.
The Roundhouse structure in the woodland has a reciprocal roof.