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The cottage homes of England (1909)

Dick, Stewart, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 286

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could not be a better example of the old Englishcottage than that facing this page. The cottagelarge and roomy, the beautiful frame of timber showingclearly, the chimneys massed on the ridge, while thekitchen chimney has a separate stack to itself by theside. Many features are noteworthy. The… … COTTAGES OF KENT AND SURREY 147 in the gable is framed by the solid beams of thestructure, as is the little window under the eaves.The frame, as is usual in Surrey and Kent, is filled inwith brick. Another example of a similar naturemay be seen in the plate facing page 142. In thiscase the bricks…

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