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windows: holes in walls used to look out of and to provide light; usually these days the hole is filled with a sheet of glass.

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Pictures from Old English Country Cottages, edited by Charles Holme [1848-1923], London Paris and New York, 1906

This book (and all that it contains) is out of copyright, because it was published jointly in the US and UK before 1923.

Biddenden, Kent

Biddenden, Kent

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

Signed Sydney R Jones 1906.

Biddenden village Web site

Keywords: cottages, houses, windows, sketches, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Biddenden; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Letter T from page 47

Letter T from page 47

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

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 downwards. The birds [...]

Keywords: windows, birds, initials, lettert

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-11-01

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Lustleigh, Devonshire.

Lustleigh, Devonshire.

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

From an oil-painting by Grosvenor. “Of these cottages it can truly be said that they are growths of the soil, trimmed and clipped somewhat by man, but never enough that they can be described as “works [...]

Keywords: cottages, trees, people, houses, thatched cottages, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Lustleigh; Teignbride; Devon

Added: 2006-01-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Tonbridge, Kent

Tonbridge, Kent

Old English Country Cottages (1906)

Sketch of an Elizabethan cottage in Kent.

“Kent, Sussex and Surrey are three of the most delightful counties in England”

Keywords: houses, cottages, windows, sketches

Places shown: Tonbridge; Kent; England

Added: 2006-01-20

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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