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 126
with its apex at the roof, and are there crowned by a singlestack. The dwellers needed two hearths and fireplaces, and bythis unusual means saved the labour of building two chimney-stacks. Some of our illustrations disclose to us the wealth of goodstone-built cottages, which have some very charming… … Cottage Door, Amberley, Sussex. LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND with Gothic design. They look very tall and dignified, and hereagain we can admire the ingenuity of the old builders. Not forbeauty were they reared so high; but being very wide the down-draught was great and troublesome, blowing the smoke into…
Architecture, Domestic · Villages
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