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The cottage homes of England (1909)

Dick, Stewart, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 192

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st roofform of all. I should think it originated in thecovering with turf of the early rude wicker huts ;the growing grass on the turf would turn off the rain,and indeed, as it dried, it would assume much theappearance of ordinary thatch. Now from north to south, from the Highlands ofScotland to… … fc. . j^ar AT gUIDHAMPlnX. NKAR SAI 4,SI.LT l<\, THE STRUCTURE 99 It is applied to all styles of building. You will findit on the half-timbered cottages of the woodlands,the stone cottages of the Cotswolds, or the mud-walled cottages of Wessex. In some districts, tileor the Horsham stone slates…

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