Old cottages, farm houses, and other half-timber buildings in Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Cheshire (1904)
Ould, Edward Augustus, Parkinson, James · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 46
e from the neighbour-hood of Little Hereford,but it possesses no detailswhich call for remark. Cheshire has always beenpar excellence the home oftimber architecture. Pos-sessed of abundant forestsand little good building stoneit is not surprising that wefind timber nogging, asthey call it there,… … Fig. 17. 28 OLD COTTAGES, FARM HOUSES, ETC. border), are probably the finest timber mansions in the world.These may not all have been of local design, for the carving is oftenrefined and the design original and elaborate, and they are not quitewhat one would expect from the Cheshire carpenter of…
