Old cottages & farm-houses in Surrey / illustrated on one hundred collotype plates from photographs specially taken by W. Galsworthy Davie, with an introduction and numerous sketches by W. Curtis Green (1908)
Green, W. Curtis (William Curtis), 1875-1960, Davie, W. Galsworthy · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 42
the ordinaryhand-made tile. There are several reasons why an old tile rooflooks better than a new, apart fromthe colour given to them by age andmossy growth. The tiles were thickerand more uneven in thickness and insize than are the tiles produced bymodern machinery (though happily **^… … IN SURREY 25 is not pleasant in this position. As an exception to this rule Inote that Puttenden and Bonnets Farm at Ockley (Plate lxi)appear to be roofed at an angle of 45 °. The latter has a stone roof,but it illustrates my point in favour of an acute angle for a gable.The angle of the guest…
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