Picturesque English cottages and their doorway gardens (1905)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · Philadelphia : J.C. Winston · leaf 36
weight. If you want to have a roof ofHorsham stone, you can only accomplishyour purpose by pulling down an old houseand carrying off the slabs. Perhaps thesmall Cotswold stone slabs are even morebeautiful. Old Lancashire and Yorkshirecottages have heavy stone roofs which some-what resemble those… … BRICKWORK AT WESTHOUGHTON HALL, LANCASHIRE were cunning men, and adapted their designsto their materials. They observed that whenthe sides of the roof were deeply slopingthe heavy stone slates strained and draggedat the pegs and laths, and fell and injuredthe roof. Hence they determined to makethe…
Architecture, Domestic
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