Old English Country Cottages (page 3/4)

Crawley, Sussex

This old farmhouse or cottage has tile siding on the walls.

North Chapel, Sussex

The front porch of a house with tile on the walls, leaded window-panes in casement windows, an arched doorway, and a stone above the door engraved “W. Y. 1687”—I couldn’t find any reference to this building on the Web, neither under North Chapel nor under [...] [more...]

Haslemere, Surrey

A young woman stands at the gate to an English cottage garden. She holds a child in her arms, and she wears a long dress and a somewhat soiled apron. The gate is set in a thick hedge, but we can see sunflowers, creeper, and perhaps marigolds and other flowers, and behind her we seee her house, with its old-fashioned casement windows open wide, with [...] [more...]

Chiddingfold, Surrey

A cottage in Chiddingfold, Surrey (in the South of England), showing the use of tile to cover the upper storey’s walls and the chimney. It is signed by Sidney Jones and dated 1906. [more...]

Guildford Castle, Surrey

the entrance to Guildford castle, Surrey [more...]

Steep, Hampshire

From a water-colour drawing by Walter Tyndale. [more...]

Restoration of Old Cottage at Steep Petersfield

STEEP, HAMPSHIRE. From a water-colour drawing by Walter Tyndale. [more...]

Wrought Iron Firedog

A fire dog used to hold logs, or more likely one of a pair used to support a grid for holding toast or other food over the fire. [more...]

Wooden Coffee Mill

Detail from Fig. 42, [more...]

Letter T from page 47

A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features an open casement window with two birds sitting on the top and another flying [...] [more...]

Nether Alderly, Cheshire

“To the great majority of the public, the study of architecture is generally of little interest, but these cottages of black-and-white, more especially those of Cheshire, have always found a place in [...] [more...]

Letter N from page 63

A decorative initial used as a drop cap (drop capital) at the start of a chapter. The letter features a candlestick with smoke.