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The village homes of England; (1912)

Jones, Sydney R. (Sydney Robert), 1881-, Holme, Charles, 1848-1923. ed · London, New York [etc.] "The Studio," ltd. · leaf 38

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sterfinish, thatched over byroofs with far-projectingeaves. Embowered in treesand, as at the Winter-bournes, intersected andbounded by clear streams,these villages present anunending series of pic-tures, perfect in their way.The buildings are morepicturesque than architec-tural—if these two… … architectural in the homely rather than the grand sense. They have thatunconsidered and haphazard look which makes for picturesqueness, butfeatures of more than ordinary interest are absent. Such cob-walled, plaster-faced cottages as may be seen in the Wiltshirevillages differ little in appearance…

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