The cottages and the village life of rural England (1912)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930, Quinton, A.R · London, J.M. Dent & sons ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 107
r. The roof terminated often in hips or gentle slopes, the tilesor thatch being extended to cover the out-shot or lean-tobuilding used for storing fuel or tools or odds-and-ends. Thelong uninterrupted sweep of the roof and its steepness are withoutdormer windows or gables, signs of the early age of… … Em . i— ?S * .2P< 5 - 2?< a, ;/2 - LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND projecting gable without barge-boards in the cottage at GreatComberton, in Worcestershire. It is made to project in orderto protect the woodwork of the wall from the weather. A finialadorns the ridge, which came into fashion in King…
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