Welsh Hobbit
It’s no secret that I have a minor fetish for over-exaggerated Welsh accents, from Dawn French’s Catherine Zeta Jones impersonation to Little Britain’s Myfanwy and Daffyd. Of course, now that we know there’s a rift in spacetime in Cardiff (thanks, Torchwood), I’m no longer the only gay who can’t get enough Cymric in my life. (See AfterElton’s recent interview with Gareth David-Lloyd, who plays Ianto Jones, for example.)
So, imagine my delight on reading about this low-impact, hobbitesque home in Wales. OK, so the doorways aren’t completely round, but I think this is about as close as you’re going to get to a livable Hobbit home.
The owner/architect/builder, though, draws no explicit connections to hobbits. According to the website:
“The house was built with maximum regard for the environment and by reciprocation gives us a unique opportunity to live close to nature. Being your own (have a go) architect is a lot of fun and allows you to create and enjoy something which is part of yourself and the land rather than, at worst, a mass produced box designed for maximum profit and convenience of the construction industry. Building from natural materials does away with producers profits and the cocktail of carcinogenic poisons that fill most modern buildings”
Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t be able to get the right permits to build one of these in the East Village.
Via Popsucker
February 27th, 2008 at 9:03 am
If Wales doesn’t work out, there’s always The Shire in Oregon: http://www.bendshire.com/
February 27th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Yesss. Welsh accents are the best.
“Ianto, I need to hear those beautiful Welsh vowels!”
Yes Jack, those vowels are beautiful.
Also, hobbit houses are pretty great too. Hobbit feet–not so much.