Country Cottages

by Lydia Greeves (Author), Lydia Greeves (Author), John Miller (Photographer)

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.25

  The country cottage - small-scale, harmonious, rooted in the landscape - seems to sum up all that is best about Britain. This anthology presents a range of cottages from Northumbria to Cornwall, and from East Anglia to Wales. Some are reflections of place, showing how, for centuries, country people used the materials around them to create buildings that seem to grow out of their surroundings. Others were purpose-built and architect-designed, forming trim terraces in estate villages. Some cottages were built to be lived in, others as eye-catchers, intended to be seen in a view across the park. Drawing on a range of cottages now owned by the National Trust, this book explores all these themes, while the photographs capture their appeal.

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  Published in association with the National Trust, this book looks at the country cottage in Britain, in areas that range from Cornwall to Northumbria and from East Anglia to Wales. Some of the cottages are reflections of place, showing how, for centuries, people used the materials around them to create buildings. These are the cottages that were built by hand, with the traditional vernacular skills that led to the cob and thatch of the West country, the half-timbering of the Weald of Kent and Sussex and of the Welsh Borders, and the gabled golden stone of the Cotswolds. Others were purpose-built and architect-designed, forming trim terraces in 100 estate villages, or set beside a waterway or on a remote coast for lock-keepers, coastguards and lighthouse attendants.