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 68
he traditional gabledtreatment with fourequal sides. In this latter in-stance we see howsuccessfully the roofswere treated, for asimple square on plan,roofed as this is, pro-duces a building fuUof charm, and giveseffects of light andshade that perhaps no other form of roof could. It is interesting… … FIG DOVECOTE AT BIBURY. 50 OLD COTTAGES, FARM-HOUSES, Sifc. In many buildings we find the stone bays, with canted sidescarried up to the eaves without any awkward problems to solve,but as soon as the roof was reached it meant either a lead flat andparapet, or else some way of getting back into a…
Architecture, Domestic · Stone houses
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