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The English house, how to judge its periods and styles (1909)

Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · New York, J. Lane Co. · leaf 422

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nners and customs. Ordinarymasons understood these inherited ways of work,and used them in the happiest manner, for theybrought into their architecture a freshness offeeling, a quaint, romantic sincerity, not unlikethat which gave charm to folk-songs and ballads.English home architecture had then a… … tJ ^ rt ARCHITECTS 289 craftsmanship, English villages retain enoughold architecture to mark the chief and distin-guishing characteristics of local method andtradition in the various types of country house.Thus, for example, you will remember withdelight the East Anglian homes built of brickand…

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