Caban Corgi

09/06/2026

Fancy a holiday? https://www.underthethatch.co.uk/corgi

Colour and natural pigments is a favourite topic of ours...
Welsh modernist architect Graham Brooks designed a cluster of holiday cabins in Pembrokeshire and Cenarth in the 1970s, UTT Caban Corgi among them. He was precise about colour. The palette he specified drew on the Danish sommerhus tradition: black timber staining, achieved with Sadolin Ebony, and a red for doors and window frames. The original specification document survives but Brooks didn't name the red. While researching the book Cabin Crew, Bethan colour-matched against the most untouched surviving cabins to confirm the closest modern match to be RAL 3031, Orient Red. Bold and graphic against the Welsh landscape, it is the kind of confident simplicity that mid-century modernism did so well, a little bit of Scandinavia in West Wales! https://www.underthethatch.co.uk/corgi

24/04/2026

Awyr las! Blue sky! I am at the cabin for the weekend, and the weather is glorious.

08/03/2026

have told us “Kitchen hatches are back in 2026” but we know they never went away…

Excerpt From
“Kitchen hatches are back in 2026 -but not how you know them”
Holly Cockburn
Ideal Home

23/01/2026

7 nights this summer at Caban Corgi from £696! Giant inflatable seal included*
*possibly, not guaranteed 🦭😆

13/11/2025

** Caban Corgi ar teledu!** Daeth Aled Samuel i weld ni ar gyfer rhaglen Cartrefi Cymru.

06/11/2025

Quarter past midnight isn’t the best time for posting on Instagram, (algorithm and all that) but I thought I’d share a photo taken recently at Caban Corgi. Looking good! Looking autumnal!

05/06/2025

Wrth yml Caban Corgi

01/04/2025

If you’re interested in the holiday cabins of Hird & Brooks, Welsh modernist architects, this book has all the details!

10/03/2025

Our book is available to buy - find out about our cabin and its history!

28/02/2025

Thanks to Wallpaper Magazine for featuring our book, Cabin Crew.

'Cabin Crew', a new book published this spring by The Modernist, brings the spotlight to Cardiff-based practice Hird & Brooks