Picturesque English cottages and their doorway gardens (1905)
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · Philadelphia : J.C. Winston · leaf 40
g that time. Good reed thatchlasts from eighty to a hundred years. How the encircling arms of a mother, it gives to thedeep-planted, half-hidden dormer window inthe middle of the roof, nestling lovinglywithin it, and by its very look inviting topeacefulness and repose. Note, too, thechange of… … AN OLD HOUSE AT BURLEY ON THE HILL beautiful it is in its youth, maturity and de-cay! Notice, for instance, the exquisitelyneat finish of the roof-ridge, the most criti-cal point of the whole; the geometrical pat-terns formed by the spars just below, whichhelp, by their grip, to hold it in its…
Architecture, Domestic
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