Old cottages, farm-houses, and other stone buildings in the Cotswold district; examples of minor domestic architecture in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Northants, Worcestershire, &c. (1905)
Dawber, E. Guy (Edward Guy), 1861-, Davie, W. Galsworthy. illus · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 33
lose proximity to the fire has its drawbacks,yet these warm seats are much coveted corners, and in thevillage inns to-day one frequently sees the old labourers puttingup willingly with smarting eyes and general discomfort ratherthan shift their places. When these houses were built reading was not… … SCALE OF TEICT FIG. 5. COTTAGE AT THE CROSS, STANTON. IN THE COTSWOLD DISTRICT 15 the men and children. These old ingle nooks, the real genuinearticle, usually have a large tapering flue carried straight up andopen to the sky above. They doubtless smoked exceedingly, asthe blackened ceilings show,…
Architecture, Domestic · Stone houses
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