The English country cottage / by R.J. Brown
1979, First Edition. London : Hale. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #398839
ISBN: 0709173814
Physical description; 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 262). Contents; The cottager, his life and housing. The medieval cot -- The birth of the English cottage -- The agrarian revolution -- "Peace and plenty" -- The housing of the Victorian rural poor -- Housing for all -- The cottage, its development and construction. Timber-framed cottages -- Mud cottages -- Stone cottages -- Brick cottages -- Roofs -- Chimneys and fireplaces -- Floors, celings and stairs -- Doors and windows. Subjects; Cottages England. Vernacular architecture England. Farmhouses England. Architecture, Domestic England.
Price: €21.95