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 149
r, who has introduced the string-latch for all theinner doors of his house ; and it works admirably. At night manyof these old doors were fastened by a heavy wooden bar passingacross their whole length and fitting into holes in the walls of thehouse. Even the poor cottager was not always safe from… … LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND The arch is fashioned in the Tudor style and has moulded sides anda hood-moulding. On the door-post of a cottage I have detected a little votivecross rudely carved on the moulded timber. It is not usual tofind such inscribed on the door-post of a domestic dwelling, thoughyou…
Architecture, Domestic · Villages
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