DOI article:
Jones, Sydney R.: On the designing of cottages and small houses
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ON THE DESIGNING OF COTTAGES AND SMALL HOUSES
was based on accumulated knowledge and customary use. Thus, the
limestone formation, stretching from Dorset and Somerset to the least
coast of Yorkshire, was responsible for a fineschool of masons who created
a permanent building tradition, and showed great artistic spirit and
manipulative skill in their use of the local stone. Much of their work may
still be seen in the old manor-houses, farms, and villages (p. 25). In a
similar way, timber-building, and the trade of carpentry, developed in the
forest districts because oak was abundant. This method of construction
is best shown by the black-and-white houses in Lancashire, Cheshire,
Shropshire, Herefordshire, Essex, and Kent. The presence of clay earths
in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex gave the basis for a tra-
dition in brick-building. This system of construction was first revived in
these counties after lying in disuse since the time the Romans left Eng-
land. The local style of architecture in Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Bucking-
hamshire, and some of the Eastern Counties, found expression through
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was based on accumulated knowledge and customary use. Thus, the
limestone formation, stretching from Dorset and Somerset to the least
coast of Yorkshire, was responsible for a fineschool of masons who created
a permanent building tradition, and showed great artistic spirit and
manipulative skill in their use of the local stone. Much of their work may
still be seen in the old manor-houses, farms, and villages (p. 25). In a
similar way, timber-building, and the trade of carpentry, developed in the
forest districts because oak was abundant. This method of construction
is best shown by the black-and-white houses in Lancashire, Cheshire,
Shropshire, Herefordshire, Essex, and Kent. The presence of clay earths
in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex gave the basis for a tra-
dition in brick-building. This system of construction was first revived in
these counties after lying in disuse since the time the Romans left Eng-
land. The local style of architecture in Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Bucking-
hamshire, and some of the Eastern Counties, found expression through
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