OLD

FARM
OTHER

COTTAGES,
HOUSES,
HALF-TIMBER

AND
BUILDINGS

IN

SHROPSHIRE,
AND

HEREFORDSHIRE,
CHESHIRE

ILLUSTRATED

ON

ONE

HUNDRED

PLATES

REPRODUCED

IN

COLLOTYPE

FROM

SPECIAL

SERIES
TAKEN

OF
BY

PHOTOGRAPHS

JAMES

PARKINSON
Woodworker.

Architectural

WITH

INTRODUCTORY

AND

DESCRIPTIVE

NOTES

AND

NUMEROUS

SKETCHES

By

E.

a.

OULD,

F.R.I.B.A.

LONDON:

B.

T.

BATSFORD,

94
1904

HIGH

HOLBORN

BARNICOTT AND PEARCE

PRINTERS

PREFACE

book

he

is

usually
go
it.

NOTE.

public
for the

as

may read

the
But

Plate

40 and

is is

selected
in

piece, Frontisof the and

oceed

to

bound

the in under

front the its

ippressed
Parkinson's he

by

an

uneasy

iiook,
List number.

but
of

is

referred

to

text

seductive of here will

Illustrations

proper

majority
subjects
way,
an

readers,
represt con-

le
Plate 3

(title of):

/or
read

"in "in

the

High
rn

and

Street,

Shrewsbury,"

Frankwell,

Shrewsbury."
t

impertinence.
the the
more

Plate

(title

of):

/or
read
"

"The (late

Court of

to

serious

House. (Jouncil

Shrewsbury,"
House,

the

iely
astern

characteristics

Shrewsbury."

Counties,

and

to

id-white the
and

buildings unthinking
his
interest

in

even
"

amateur

may

find

his

imagination
something
materials who
has take

quickened
about the and

heightened
these

by

hearing
the

construction the

of

examples,
from

employed,
studied heart and

colouring
subject
to

produced,
upon my
me

one

nearly

every

the small

spot.
but

So select

will

proceed
them Much

address tollow

audience, southwards,

and

to

invite

to

from

Shrewsbury

through

Wenlock

BARN

ICO

PREFACE.

When

an

author

sits

down

to

write

book

he

is

usually
go it.

justified
length
in the of

in

assuming purchasing
instance the will

that
his

such work

of
will

the

public
to

as

may read

the
But

proceed
is Mr. for the

present
that

the

writer of

oppressed
Parkinson's

by

an

uneasy

suspicion

attractions sufficient let tale the in

seductive of here will

photographs
who
will tell the It student of the be

prove
to

majority
subjects
way,
an

readers,
sented represider con-

content

venerable

their

own

their

own

and

presence

of

showman be little

almost

impertinence.
the
more

may,
to

nevertheless,
consider
a

of

interest

to

serious

more

closely
Western

the

characteristics and

timber them of

architecture

of
those

these

Counties,

to

compare other

with
the his

of

black-and-white
while

buildings
the
and

in

parts
may

country

even

unthinking
his
interest of

amateur

find

imagination something

quickened
about the and

heightened
these

by

hearing
the

construction

examples,
from

materials who
I will

employed,
has
take studied heart and and

the

colouring subject
to

produced,
upon my
me

one

nearly

every

the
small

spot.
but

So select

proceed
them Much

address follow

audience, southwards,

to

invite

to

from

Shrewsbury

through

Wenlock

vi

PREFACE.

and

Ludlow

to

Stokesay,
of

and

from

thence

through

the

beautitul

by-ways
on

Herefordshire,
of

until

they
and

terminate

at

Ledbury
to turn

the

borders

Worcestershire,
the broad

afterwards

back

and

explore
houses

plains
sorts

of

Cheshire,
sizes
are as

where

black-and-white the

of

all

and

common

as

magpies

which

they

so

much

resemble.

E.

A.

OULD.

Liverpool,

May,

1904.
,

LIST

OF

PLATES

ARRANCJED

ALPHABETICALLY VILLAGES
IN EACH

UNDER COUNTY.

TOWNS

AND

SH%0PSH1R6.
Plate

BEWDLEY, BRIDGENORTH, BROMFIELD,

Cottage

at

Bishop Cottages The Priory

Percy's

House

at

19 Gate-house
20

CLEVEDON,
CRAVEN

Cottage

at

10

ARMS,

House

at

14

(back
,,
,,

of)
House
from

15 16
18

A
,,

demolished

CRESSAGE,
DODMORE LUDFORD

House

at
.

FARM,
HOUSE

near

Ludlow

21,

22

27
Bay
oy

28 26

,,

,,

The
,,

Bell

Inn Street

LUDLOW,

House Lane's
,,

in

24 23 House FARM. 25

Asylum

The
,,

Reader's DODMORE House Houses

See

MUCH

WENLOCK,

at
.

5 Shops
6

and

Vlll

LIST

OF

PLATES.
Plate

MUCH

WENLOCK,
"

A The

Corner Abbot's Gable-End Farm-house

in

House
.

7
8

House
from

PITCHFORD RICHARD'S

HALL,

17
.

CASTLE,
House House
"

at

29
2

SHREWSBURY,

Butcher High Butcher House Gate-house

Row Street Row

in

3
I

Shops
,,

in

The
"

Court The
at

STOKESAY

CASTLE,
Cottages

13
12

WORFIELD,

HS%6F011DSHIRS.
"

BuTTAs

"

Falconry,

See

WEOBLY.
at
.

CHOLSTREY,

Farm-house The Cottages House

at
.

39
40

EARDISLAND, EARDISLEY,
"

Old
at

Rectory
.

54

S5
Farm-house Guild
at

FENHAMPTON, HEREFORD, LEOMINSTER, LUNTLEY,

"

near

WEOBLY,
of the

68

Hall
"The
NEAR

Butchers'

69
38

Grange" Farm-house
at

PEMBRIDGE,
Dovecote Houses
in

52 53 70

The

LEDBURY,
"

Clerks' Houses The

Church Hall

Row

71 72
at
.

Market

"

LITTLE

HEREFORD,
FARM,
Farm
"

Cottages
near

73
.

MIDDLEBROOK

PEMBRIDGE
at
.

47

Buildings
at
.

48
49

Cottages
"

LIST

OF

PLATES.

IX

Plate

ORLETON

COURT Cottage Farm House Old

"

30
in a

Lane
.

34

Buildings
in

at
.

36
33 31

Main
at

Street

House

Roadside The
"5

House

near

35 31 32 43, 50, 45,

"

Church Seven Cottages Farm-house

Porch

"The
"

Gables"
at

PEMBRIDGE,
""

51

at

44"
to

46
43
41

Houses
J"

at

Entrance Street

Village

4-,

The
J)

Village LUNTLEY. MIDDLEBROOK.

at

See
J"

See

WEOBLY,

Cottages Houses Houses Old

called

"The Street House The

Rows

"

in

School

Porch

,,

"

"TheButtas" "The Leys"

Falconry Farm
.

Doorway
" "

See

FENHAMPTON.
in the

WIGMORE,

View

Village

67

CH6SHIR6.

ALDERLEY

EDGE,
" "

Cottages Farm-house
The

at

at
.

83
Inn
80

Eagle

and

Child

"

"

LIST

OF

PLATES.
Plate

ALSAGER,
ADLINGTON, BRAMHALL, CHESTER,

See

HASLINGTON

HALL

Porch

of

the

Hall

92
93' 94

Parts

of

the

Hall

House

in

Whitefriars

74 75

The
"

Stanley

Palace

DUDDON

HALL, HALL,
HALL

Gable

76
95
.

DUTTON

The

Porch

GAWSWORTH

90

HANDFORTH

HALL
.

78
near

HASLINGTON

HALL,
GARDEN HALL

ALSAGER

99 77

LOWER

MIDDLEWICH

OLD

HALL
.

96,

97

MARTON,

The

Church

87
88

The
"

Hall

back
" "

view

89
Gate-house
100

MORETON

OLD

HALL,
The Priest's

The

PRESTBURY, SANDBACH,
STANLEY HALL

House

86

The

Boar

Inn

98
79

SWINYARD

OLD

HALL

85
91

WELTROUGH

HALL

WOODFORD,

The

Old

Hall

84

LIST

OF

ILLUSTRATIONS

IN

THE

TEXT.

Page Houses Plan Door Oriel

A

in of of

Butchers' Window Hall

at

Row,
at

Shrewsbury
Ludford
Butchers' of the House

Bay
the

13

of the the

the Hall

Guild,
Butchers'

Hereford
Guild
.

16

Window from from of Beam

at

17
18

Column

Market

Hall,
....

Ledbury

Bracket Detail

Cholstrey
from

19

Pembridge
with details

19
20

Doorway
A

Middlebrook,
Middlebrook from Middlebrook

Beam

from

21

Bargeboards
An

21

Oriel and

Window Section

at

Eardisley
the Oriel shown
on

22

Plan
A

of

previous

fio;.

23 24

Bargeboard
from Gable of Porch Lead
ot

near

Eardisley
Street,

Windows Plaster Detail Embossed Section

A

Church

Ledbury
Chester Hall

27
28

at

Whitefriars,
at

Handforth from

30 and in

Spout
Lead

Eagle
shewn

Child,

Akierley
fig.

Edge

31 31 32

the
at

Spout

previous

Cottage
of of

Alderley
from the the

Edge Stanley
Hall, House, House,
detail Cheshire

Detail Plan Lead Door

Beam
at

33 34 34 35

Bays

Priest's Priest's with Hall

Prestbury Prestbury

Glazing
at

at

Marton from

Church
Marton

Doorway

36

INTRODUCTION

IN
in similar

studying
most

the

Timber observer

Architedlure fail

ot

these be struck it and

three

counties,
the difference

the

ordinary

cannot

to

by
the

general

effect, which
in the

is apparent Southern with and those

between Western in will

treatment

of

materials,
of
our

Counties,

and

parison com-

examples

Messrs. illustrate be

Galsworthy
and due

Davie these

and

Guy

Dawber's

charming

book,*
These the

display
to

distindions of climate of

convincingly.
and the in of the the

may

partly
of

differences and the

surroundings,
West

sunshine their and construftion when this all colours

the and

South

rainfall

laying
of

on

textures

very

differently
and fashion the

way

weathering
and But
met

vegetation,
contribute has been of

but

the still

habit

architefture result.

more

to

widely
to

different

granted

and and

we

begin

generalize,
one

we

are

by
we

sorts

difficulties
meet

paradoxes, example
in

of

which

is,
Counties

that

occasionally might
a

with been

an

the

Western from Kent counties

which while features the have remarks West. arisen

have of the

ported trans-

bodily
houses in
to

or

Sussex,

few and This from

better which of

manor

those

exhibit

ornament

we

assume

belong
of but

exclusively
or

to

may
an

course

be
of

the

result

accident in the

may

interchange
understood

architeds,

following

we

must

be

to

"

Old

Cottages
Batstord,

and

Farmhouses
1900.

in

Kent

and

Sussex,

by

W.

Galsworthy

Davie

and

E.

Guy

Dawber.

OLD

COTTAGES,
broad found

FARM

HOUSES,
and the

ETC.

be

enunciating only
we

very

rules that

general principles. In
timbers
are

the

West massive the rule timber

are

think and
the

it will be

largerand
the

more

overhangs consequently bolder,

and and
coarser,

while the

detail

of
a

moulded
more

parts is less elaborate

and

carving as
use

primitive.
is accounted
to

The

lavish the

sometimes of three the

wasteful

of

for

by

existence in these

large

forests which
at
a

known

have

flourished

counties,

safe distance

from of

the

iron-smelting works
the

which

depleted
the of

the

woodlands took the

Sussex, and
the

ship-buildingyards of
available, when
"Hearts the

South, which
oak
were our

best of The

timber

ships." navigable

remoteness

of these
means

districts and

absence with the them

of roads,
outer

rivers

and

other their

of communication of timber

world, while
the
a

conserving
of

supply
and

deprived
and the of

of

assistance

foreign carvers
work is

craftsmen
in

designers from
of

distance,
the home

whose counties.
we are

discernible the

early buildings carving on

and plentiful the of

Again,

sculptureand
more

the timber

buildings
not

considering,although
work of trained effeftive

were elaborate,

usually the

artists, but
ornament

simple, traditional,but,
the

(very often), most

There beams
at
are

village carpenter.
the the

marked

exceptions to
House,
will

this

rule, for

carving
Reader's

on

the

of

Stokesay Gate (Plate xxv),

in

and (Platexiii),

House

Ludlow,
kind

compare But the

favourably with
by
far

anything
marked

of

the

remaining
of Western work

England.

the

most

acteristic charforms

design, is
itself,and
culminates

elaboration is
more

of ornamental

in

the

timber you

this
in

apparent
multitudinous of the
were

the

further
and of

north

travel, and

the

forms Houses
to

ingenious devices
Cheshire from the and

appearing in
"

the

framing

Manor the last

Lancashire

regions which
Middle

emerge and bent

semibarism

of the

Ages, (PlatesIxxviii,Ixxxv,
were

xcix).
and

These

designs and patterns piecesof wood,

obtained

contrived from the

by using

the

twisted

smaller

branches, and

IN

SHROPSHIRE,
them in

HEREFORDSHIRE
the
a

"

CHESHIRE.

disposing of
rails, so
as

panels formed regular and

by

the

uprights and

cross

to

present

repetitionary pattern,
Ixxviii and of
as

whether
amples gives ex-

circular,quatrefoil, or lozenge.
of
met

Plates

Ixxxiii

all varieties. in the

This

method

decoration
at

is sometimes and Great it

with

South-Eastern
and

counties,
but
very

Mayfield

Tangley

Manor
to

elsewhere,
it
was so

it is

quite the exception,and

in the West.

is difficult It may in the

a

say been

why
the

adopted generally
and be
want

have

natural

love

of ornament may
more

of restrauit the the this

to

less civilised later

to

people,but againstthis
of the

urged

faft that

the be

date
: or

building

the

elaborate that able

design
constant

appears

possibly the building more

the West

builders

thought
better

made strutting
more

the

rigidand
; but
more

resist

the

frequentgalesin
the
trees

probably it was
distorted
than

suggested
the force of

by
this

themselves,

which, bent
more

and

by

constant

wind, suppliedmany
been

crooked

timbers. straight

It has in

computed
were

that

the

greater part of the timber

a.d.

cottages
the last

England
of

built

between

1558
most

and

a.d.

1625,

fifty years
distrifts fifteenth houses
use

this

period being
many
as

far the

produdlive,but
which
at

in the the
the

under

review such

houses Butcher
at

remdn Row

date

from and

century,
called
"

Shrewsbury,
and farm

The

Rows,"

Weobly, (Platesi
of cottages
in
Anne

while Ixi),

the

of timber well

in the into and the

construftion

and the
"

tended buildings ex-

eighteenth century
of
"

West,

where

the
were

Dutch slow The

to

forms

methods themselves.

Queen

architedture

establish fa" that and

so

few

cottages remain

of the fourteenth

and be

fifteenth accounted
away,

centuries for

the

first half of the sixteenth, is

partlyto

by

the

natural the
new

decay

which

has

gradually swept
of the for of Black many the

them

and the
:

partlythat building
also of

shocking mortality
cottages
the

Death years

rendered

unnecessary
most

afterwards
on

previous to

Reformation

labourers

the

land

OLD

COTTAGES,

FARM

HOUSES,

ETC.

were

accommodated

in conventual

buildings and
the roofs while of
the

outhouses,
the

or

neath beor

great

lord

land-owner,
bede
to
a or

numerous

tals, hospishelter the

alms-houses
more.

afforded But

largenumber
of
an

when the
was

change

ownership
immense

came

at

mation, Refor-

impetus
the

given
tages cot-

to

and agriculture, became

a

building of
the

as necessity,

former

shelters The
has
not

and

asylums
ot

had

disappeared.
timber it does

system
been
to

building with

often appear

described, and
have differed Stout
a

greatly in
sills wall tenoned
are

different laid
stone

counties.

oak
low
are

horizontally upon
or

of

brick

and

into these

1^'~' 1^-'-

'

f:',^g^ upright

posts,

the

larger
at

ones

being
gles. an-

placed

the

external these

Upon

upright
heads the
are

posts, horizontal

placedjust
of

below

level

the

chamber

floor, and
spaces with

the formed thinner

intervening
into

panels

pieces, the
framed and and

whole tenoned with

being

together
oak the
HOUSES IN BUTCHER S

pinned
The then

pins.
floor upon
are

joists of
laid, resting
horizontal

ROW,

the

SHREWSBURY.

heads

and

being frequently

OLD

COTTAGES,

FARM

HOUSES,

ETC.

slates,
and

much

heavier

than

the

thin

Horsham

stone

slates

of

Kent

Sussex.

good
not

many the

of

them

are

now

covered

with

tiles,
used

but

this

is

probably
until

original

covering,
century,

as

tiles

were

little

in

England
coal and

the

seventeenth

owing
them. For

to

the

scarcity
same reason

of

the

difficulty
not

of

burning extensively
except
in

the

bricks

were

employed reign,

in

England
where
no

for

building
could

before

Henry

VIII's

districts

stone

be

procured.
The

chimneys
architediural

are

generally
those in

of

stone, South.

and

they
The

are

less

elaborate

and

than

the

shafts

have

often

been

rebuilt

in

brick,
ot

and

those

appearing
The

on

the

ridge
external

of

the

ing build-

are

generally

that

material.

massive

chimneys

are

nearly
tile

always
and

connected

with

baking
form

ovens

with

picfluresque
in the

flag

or

roofs,

together

they

valuable

features

general

outline.

DESCRIPTIVE

NOTES

ON

THE

PLATES.

THE
as

importance
occupying
North of The
ot
a

of

Shrewsbury

historically
position
would the upon prepare refinement

and

politically,
the for Severn the number in

and and

prominent
from

both

the and

great

Road its

London,
and in for Butcher

us

richness

buildings
house timber It
_

displayed
Plate i and

their

details. is

corner

Row,
in the from

Figure

i,

one

the

earliest

buildings probably
dates

country,
the

being
part
open

purely
of the

Gothic

in

character. and

early
of the

"fifteenth
front of

century,
medieval the

is

most

interesting example
which carved there and
are

shoping remain-

times,

of The

many

specimens angle
500

on

Continent.
have carried the

richly panelled bravely

shew these

posts

on

both neither The

floors

their

burden

years,

and

they
little

nor

woodwork further the and

generally
down the slender

any street,

sign
Plate

of

decay.
ii, is
also the oak

building

same

marvel of

construftionally,
two

two

brackets

supporting
more

weight
is

full when

storeys,

demonstrating

once

what

capable
Plate

of

applied
a

scientifically.
in the the is It of

iii shews features. with

building
To

High

Street

which

has with in

some

purely
stead inbut old

Salopian
of

divide timbers it. habit First

plaster panels
common

balusters

upright
one

device often be which

Shrewsbury,
that loves
to
an

very

rare

outside trick

may this

noticed it

town

acquires
many of
some

or

sort,

repeat

with

variations.

discovered the

accidentally
builder has been

by

the

filling by
the

up

balcony

or

balustrade,

struck

OLD

COTTAGES,
the effeft

FARM

HOUSES,
and has and

ETC.

excellence

of

produced,
Dordrecht

repeated
Lisieux

it elsewhere. all little

Nuremberg,
fashions The under

Rothenburg,
own.

have

of their Court

House,

has (Plateiv), and the

similar

balusters
over

to

the

foregoing,
windows,
of the

the upper

window,
the The

pediment

the the which

lower

together with
Renaissance.

carving and

mouldings,

herald

approach
took

gradual but complete change reign in

the the detail and

place in buildings,
can

Queen
without further

Elizabeth's

design

of timber of

departing from
be traced in the

medieval Farm and

methods the

construction,

Ley's

Stanley Palace, Chester,

its
new

(PlatesIvii,Iviii and Ixxvi).Notwithstanding

dress, this
of the

fashioned
are

classic

Shrewsbury courtyard and

and fortified

massive

gateway
of
not

reminiscent

gate-houses
times. Wenlock is the best

enclosures

yet

forgotten

mediaeval Much Wrekin far both

nestles known.
name

in

valleyamong
Roman mountain
town town

the
of

hills of Uriconium
root

which is

the
not

The of the and the A the

off,and
the

the ancient Roman took

is the of
was

from

which
or

colony
their and
names.

Saxon

Wrekinchester built of
at

Wroxeter in
was

house religious

Wenlock

early times,
rebuilt Confessor and

after

destruftive and her

incursion Earl

the

Danes, it
Edward the

by Lady
was

Godiva The it
was

Leofric, when
continued
most

the

king.
years

Norman

builders and

good

work,
in

for 400

the richest

important abbey

Shropshire.
The Abbot's of House and

(Plate viii)is

one

of and

the

most

amples perfed:ex-

its kind,

it is still tenanted is of timber view

town to

beautifullykept
is
our

up.

The
excuse

picturesque bell-turret
for

framing, which
our

only

giving

this

seduftive little
numerous

readers. seek
its

Dominated

by

the

ruined

abbey, the

seems

to

protedtionin
The

charming dependence, and

three
we

timber

buildingsabound.

have

selefted

are

typicalexamples.

IN

SHROPSHIRE.

9
ruins

The

Plate first,

v,

is built

upon

the The

of

the

old

conventual is

buildings, probably the promiscuous and timbering

of
the

tithe-barn.

timber

structure

fully delight-

unsymmetrical,

but
in

The wholly satisfadtory.

gable is quite unique

Partly

arrangement
a

but

stricftlv
colour the

construftional. it is

flaggedand

partlytiled, as
the
autumn

piece of
have

when wonderful, especially

tints

fired

Virginiacreeper.
The well
serve

next,
as

(Platevi),shews
a

house
street

in

main

street

which

might

model

for

modern
a

architediure,as
on

it furnishes

excellent
cosy

shop fronts, and

covered and

porch
a

the

ground floor,and
on

deep-recessedbay
the
a

windows
set

balcony
flower
to

the
on

first floor, the

where what

front
note

wall
ot

is

back.

With be the

boxes the

balcony,
non-

rich

colour

might
of

given bay

street.

The
a

construftional and the first

ornamentation

fronts marks

late

period

sign ot

decadence. latter

Very
the very

different

in the

resped

is the third

example, (Plate vii),

of this little timber
to
corner

of simplicity. The perfeftion

in

builder

house where

put

windows best

where do their
to

he

wanted

light,and
he
to

struts

they
and

could

work, and

left its fate preserve shews

us

dence Provithe well

its decoration adorn served and it), him. the

Time result

(the one

it,and
how

other both As writer

was

to

the

to-day only

have
a

contrast,

house

at

Bridgenorth

of

Bishop Percy,
says

the

of the

is valuable, (Plateix). Reliques, it

seems more

Tradition he built

that he

born

here, but

likelythat
of
more a

it in his later

prosperous his father's somewhat years

one

days, when
name

he, the

son

Bridgenorth grocer,
aristocratic fine

changed

of

Piercy for
if all three

the

Percy. Although
and carries its the less

showy
but

and

overdone,

it is

example,
the

lightly ;
to

dormers have of
a

had

followed
more

design of

the

the right, becomes

effed; would
the house

been

peacefuland

frivolous, as

bishop.
c

lo

OLD

COTTAGES,

FARM

HOUSES,
Plates xi

ETC.

In

marked

contrast

once

more

are

x,

and

xii, simple
the

Shropshire cottages,
of
a

never,

most

likely,
architedt

having
;

known

blessings
born of

father, in the
great
most

shape

of

an

but with for

having

been

that
were

Mother,

and necessity,
were

clothed
to

whatever

materials

handy, they

left

shift
as

themselves. of
are

Scarcely

worth
to
more

perpetuating, you

will say

; but

studies

buildingssuiting
worth,
we

their perfed:ion than Plate

site and

surroundings, they

think,

passing notice.
xiii shews the

perhaps
less

the

most

beautiful been
;

gatehouse
drawn but any and

in

the

world

"

none

beautiful any

for

having

graphed photoof
at

oftener
timber least have the the
one

than in

professional beauty
would be

notice without
seems

architedlure view

Shropshire

incomplete
Parkinson has

of this the
to

patheticmonument.
of spirit shew how the

Mr.

to

quite caught surroundings

castle of the

and original,

given enough

of

it perfectly of its the

suits the

them. Norman grey

towers

Originally
lords and of of its

great

familv
with

Says,

Stoke,

Stokesay stands,
as

gatehouse, its
and
once

parishchurch,

complete, deserted
as

as solitary,

the group be xiv

seem

hoary

buildings known
The
an

Pisa, which Arms,

us

seen

can

never

forgotten.
xv,

house

at

Craven

illustrated which
the

on

Plates

and

duced proto

impression upon
and

photographs
after
can

hardly

but grouping justify,

as

perfect colouring are,

if it your

all,as

important

richness

of

detail, and
will, as
at

imagination
restore

replace the good

the
face. sightless

old

windows,
The second the
to

you

were,

to eyeballs

house

Craven Mr.

Arms,

Plate the

xvi, has alas disappeared,

but

by

courtesy

of

Harper,

local he and

photographer, we
before

are

allowed

reproduce
was a

this

which pifture,

took

its demolition.
a

It sad A
not

very

beautiful

example,

its

disappearance is

loss

to

the of

neighbourhood.
Pitchford
a

study
the best

Hall

seems

to

shew little

that
corner

the

timber of

styleis
on

for

large mansion.

The

it shown

IN

SHROPSHIRE.

ii

Plate

xvii, is charming, but

all in black and

when white any

you

see

three
one

sides

of

huge
any
in

quadrangle
curved extreme, Plate but The the

and

all in

without style, is wearisome

pieces or
and

variety of

sort, the the zebra is does and

a

efFedt !

the

irresistibly suggests Cressage.

The the
name

xviii,

contraction
not

of
to

Christ's

oak,

to legend relating

tree

appear been

have

survived. up. The

house

is

verv

fine is of have

example,
course a

has

well

kept
at

quaint oriel

window
must

later

addition, and
of
a

night when
upon

illuminated, it
the

the

appearance of the

lantern have

hanging
been

gable.

The
as

sturdy

balusters became

porch
of

filled with The fine

modern
mass

sashes,
of

people

less tolerant

draughts.

diagonal chimney framing

wq^/qv

shafts assists the

seems so

grouping amazingly.
as

Timber

happy

when
to

it has its of

cap

of

thatch, which
and

indulgently accommodates
Plate xix and is
an

itself

irregularlines
this, and
the until To this

vagaries.
outside lost

excellent of

example
rear

grand they
are

chimney

oven

masonry

themselves

in indefinably

the

brickwork

of the
one

chimney
have

shaft. tried

appreciatethe perfediionof blending of

The
XX,
a were

this

example
in modern

must

stone

and of the

brickwork Gothic

walling.
Bromfield do service
as

remains

gateway
times
no

of
to

Priory, Plate
the base in for the

in Jacobean requisitioned

timber

superstrufture,

and

yet

incongruity appears

composition.
Plates xxi and xxii illustrate in of
a

Dodmore

Hall,
It will

one

ot

the

most

perfed:

untouched
on

examples
the any side

England.
hill
near

be
in

found the

by
midst

the of

seeker diligent fields tar beautiful away brick the

Ludlow,

from
wall.

road, surrounded
Behind this it

by

high

and

singularly
for
was

resisted successfully
a

long
at

enough length

attempts

to

photograph it, until

a

point of
boards

view and have

discovered

after

third

visit.

The

verge the

dants pennever

are

originaland

very

delicate, and

timbers

12

OLD

COTTAGES,
but have
a

FARM

HOUSES,
like velvet. upper

ETC.

been second

blackened,
floors upon is

texture

Both
ones

the

first and

the overhang considerably, the beam and the

being entirely
that the The
two
hanging over-

carried

joistends, gables,so
of

and
to

it will be noticed diminish the

timbering bay
makes

lighterin
no

as

load. has the

pretence
some

but being self-supporting, lend their assistance

to

crutches,

while

buttresses
on one

first floor Lane's it is

most

side. Plate is
most

Hospital
while

at

Ludlow,
the detail

xxiii, is

not

good

group, the

but

genuine,
effective.

and interesting

carving

Another the
same

example
builder and

in

the of

same

town,
same

(Platexxiv),is probably by
Traces in
street

the

age. be

of

the

projecting
before mated. esti-

windows
the
true

remain, and
efFeift of this

these

must

restored little

imagination
front
can

well-balanced

be

The

Reader's

House

at

Ludlow,
It has

(Platexxv), is too
been
no so

well

known the be

to porary tem-

require any
sheds
to

description.
in the

surrounded view

by
can

churchyard, that carving and

remains

point of
matchless the much old

found

do

justiceto
xxvi

its refined what been

proportions.
Bell

Plate Ludford.

shews

of with is

coaching
but
account

inn

at

It has and the

restored

energy
on

with of

little the

knowledge, timbering
windows,
Ludford

photograph

only

admitted
even

of

the

main

gable, which,

without

its

projedting

is very

beautiful.
Plates xxvii and
in

House,

xxxviii, is
masonry and

an

and interesting

highly
the it of

architediural slated

composition
roof, although

timber
cannot

work,

and

modern its

most cannot

unfortunate,

deprive
the

pidluresque quality.
grey The rubble method walls

One

help suspeftingthat
part
of
some

massive

below which
take

formed this the wall

earlier thickness

building.
by
a

by
to

is reduced

in

slated

weathering,

thinner-timbered

wall

above,

14

OLD

COTTAGES,
to

FARM

HOUSES,

ETC.

enable been The

at

one

pifture

what

this

charming

little house

must

have

in its
next

prime.
view, Plate
called
"

xxxii, shews
Seven

the back

of and

large Farm

House it is

Orleton,

The

Gables,"

from

all sides

quite satisfadtory. The aglow

with

roofs, partlyof

flagsand

partly tiles,seem
breadth like and

crimson,
in

purple
the

and

emerald.

What all

generosity appear
ones)
to

fine dormers

(not

window,
turned

modern

and

the

ample chimney breast, with

stop
shews
to

the

shaft

anglewise

comfortably
Plate xxxiii be

the

overhanging
house upon,

eaves.

another

in

the
one

main

street, call

which back

it the

would oriel The

difficult in

improve

unless the solid

could moulded

window
c

the

gable, where
of

sill remains. appears

of

har after iStic

stone

colouring
brick and

the

distrift

again
The

in the

the

mingled

and

flag slates.
have

sides

joists
with

supporting good
effeft.

the

overhanging gable

been

painted

white

Plate which The

no

xxxiv

is

cottage
can

in

to quiet lane, possessed of qualities

photograph
roof
of

do

and justice, in front

which has

no

words

can

describe. with red

flagged
some

the

shed

been

patched
the

tiles by
of

inspiredbut
coloured

unconscious
an

genius,and
buff. snatched

panels plaster

the

timbering
the

orange has been

Again
Plate massive and Plate
XXXV,

beautiful

oriel the

from both

the

gable

of

leaving

sill and
to

pretty

bracket,
The

sufficiently
ney chim-

and

construftional dormer shews form what

resist removal. curious

farm

combined

high
xxxvi

piece of grouping.

buildings might be,

ones are

and

in

the

background, what, alas, many

Plate xxxvii has
it
no

modern in
a

!
to

business
so

work for

solelydevoted
admission,
"

domestic that had

architedlure, but
there
not
was

pleaded

hard
"

assuring us
it, that
we

nothing distinctively churchy

heart
to

about

the

refuse

IN

HEREFORDSHIRE.

15 that
ot

We

are

now

in the

heart blue

of

Herefordshire,
;

county

purple

soil, wooded
cattle white look
a

hills,and

distances

where

friendly white-faced
masses

shy

welcome

over

luxuriant
;

hedge-tops, and

of the

violets in

nestle and

beneath

where the

the

apple-blossom clothes
embraces

Spring
oak

pink

white, and

mistletoe

and apple-tree

with

indiscriminate is the

affecftion. first
town
we come

Leominster church of the

must

to

of

any

size.

The the

fine lord
to

is all that Godiva.

remains The

ot

the

abbey
stool

founded is

by Eeotric,
the

Lady
great

ducking
all been said ?

preserved in
with whose

church,

indignation of
!

lady visitors,
used within

devotions What

it

interfere

It has have
at

living memory.

would The in the

Lady
Market
town,

Godiva Hall but it

was

Leominster sold
to

once

occupied
for
"

central

position
and

make

room

improvements,"
its present

bought by
and been and named

Mr. it
"

Arkwright,
The

who

re-erefted The open

it in

position
has

Grange."
without

arcade

underneath

filled in with the whole has

masonry

concealing the originalcolumns,

the purposes The in
to

been

adapted
with

to

of

modern

dence resiis
in

without ornamented

interference
with has
a

the

design.

principalbeam
Latin

cjuaint inscription,half
been
too

and

half

English, which
The This built
to

often been have

reproduced picked
come

be with is

repeated here.
white

fine

raised first

letteringhas building
the
we

out

paint.
and

is the

to

which

designed
who

by John Abell,
been
a man

of Hereford, carpenter-archited:
:

appears that he

have
an

of real genius
mark

and and

it cannot

be doubted
ot

left in

indelible seventeenth of the

upon

the He

art

architefture

his

county
seen

the

century.

had
was

probably
to

travelled

and

something
was

world, for he
of
ot

known

King

Charles

I, and

appointed
the

"one

His the
was

Majesty's carpenters,"and
defences of Hereford when

entrusted
it stood
a

with

construdlion No doubt

siege.

Abell

vastlysuperior in

skill and

knowledge

i6

OLD

COTTAGES,
and

FARM

HOUSES,
himself
was

ETC.

to

any

of

his compeers, of this

that

he be

not

conscious altogtherun-

superioritymay

gathered
on

from

the

inscription
in Sarnes-

his tombstone

field and with his

churchyard,
carved

designed
own

by

his

hand,
and

of effigies
two

himself

wives

"This

craggy is for
an

stone

covering
bed.

architect's

That

raised buildings lofty

high,
head.
cludes con-

yet
His line

now

lies low

his death up

and

rule, so
are

locked

in

store, Build

they
who
no

who

list and he
can

they
build

wist, for
more.

His

house

of

clay will joy

build

hold

no

longer. May
Heaven's him
a

stronger."
He better
a

was,

however,
than his

much
was

architedt and

he

poet,

work and

no

doubt

influenced the standard

vated ele-

lence of excelthe whole

a

throughout
country
notes

side, hence
hisother

few

upon

principal
of order,

works, although out

Sce^jE o(=
Fig. 3.
DOOR OF THE

f"crmay
BUTCHER'S

not

be

out

of

place.
Butcher's Plate

The Guild

Hall
at

of the

GUILDHALL,

HEREFORD.

Hereford,

IN

HEREFORDSHIRE.
is and well

17

Ixix, is dated
the
at centre

1621, and
an

an

ornate

designed buildingtor
each side and
one

of end.

open

space,

having three gablesat

roof carried

each

The the

verandah

by
and

posts is
the

modern entirely

but is

otherwise

buildingis genuine ;
a

richlycarved
decorated
one

porch
with of
an

originaland
pattern
New

contains in

massive
see

oak

door,
3,

efFecdlive

nail-heads,

Figure
upper
at

reminding

the

of tattooing the floor

Zealanders. the

The
not

storey is carried
the

over

upon
more

at joists

sides, but
The

ends, which
oriels of is the
are

is the

construftional with in and Bank Guild The Plate

method. their The

three

tiers of
out

turesqu highly picshown this

moulded rope and

sills carved tassel

ornament

solid, as

Figure 4.
upon
now

repeated upon
town.

several

other the

ancient

buildings in
the

the

Lloyd's
of the

occupies

premises and

richlypanelledhall

still remains. Market Hall

a

at

Ledbury,
severer

Ixxii, is

much upon

building and
moulded 5,
but

stands

sixteen

chestnut
it

columns,
not to

Fig. quite

does
seems

look be

happy, and

enquiring Q
become of and

what pathetically the

has

gracefuloriel
verge boards

windows which it. Hall

rare

carved Abell

John
^''S4
OF
THE

designed for
Market
one

Another

of

ORIEL

WINDOW

AT

THE

HALL

butcher's
HEREFORD.

Abell's, and
stood
at at

of

beauty,
street

GUILDHALL,

the top of the until

main

Weobly

forty-five years
"

ago,

when

it
was

too

had found

to to

make

way

for and

improvements
preserve it.

and The

no

Mr.

Arkwright

purchase standing,

building which

adjoined it
which confirms

is still the

with (PlateIxii),

an

air of distindion

local tradiD

OLD

COTTAGES,
was

FARM

HOUSES,
All that

ETC.

tion that

that the

it

by
of

the
one

same

architedl-.

is recorded

of it

is,

wife gave

Tomkins here
to

birth
-

thirty
all in

three
one

children,
room

! A mile
town
or

two

outside is
A

the

of

Leominster xxxix.

Cholstrey, Plate simple country

on a

bit, planted
above retired if the hind be-

bank and the

high shyly

road

trees,

as

declining
tions. atten-

the

photographer's
The detail

shewn

in

the

teresting. sketch, Figure 6, is in-

On

the road is the

towards ideal where the

a

Pem-

bridge
of first

village
we

Eardisland,
meet

with

river

Arrow,
old

spanned by

steep

bridge guarded
dovecote. The
on

by

venerable

old Plate ber timrounded sur-

Redtory, illustrated
xl, is the

of perfedlion is

proportion, and by
which
were

clipped

yews

doubtless the house

ed plantY'^lP
"r was
A COLUMN

rE^Err"OF LEDBURY. THE MARKET

when young.

HALL,

IN

HEREFORDSHIRE.

19
and

We for

now

enter

the

villageof Pembridge
unarchi-

we

may

be

excused

introducingthis
view
street

somewhat
first
on

tedtural the This main

of

the shown

glimpse
Plate

of

xli.

banking

up

of the

footpath, to
of base is the

get rid of the

and
to
so

gradient
the level

road,

to

form

essential

timber
to.

architefture,

frequently

resorted Plate the Plate

xlii shews
to

row

of houses

near

entrance

the

village,while
of the
same

xliii is another

view

Fig. 6.
a
group which forced The
to

BRACKET

FROM

CHOLSTREY.

with is
a

second and

row

behind

it,

not

cheap
seat.

mean,

because

take

back

charming
shown
on

roadside

house

at

bridge Pem-

Plates views

xliv,xlv and xlvi, quite

devoted
to

merits
as

the

three
a

tion, its illustra-

it is

perfeftexample
obtainable
The with

of the
the of

satis-

faftory effefts
methods and and

simplest carving
is
not

materials.
and the of

absence

moulding,

shaped

timbers

observed, while
7.
DETAIL FROM

grouping, colouring and

in the

are light-and-shade

highest degree
weather boards

PEMBRIDGE.

satisfactory.The

horizontal

20

OLD

COTTAGES,

FARM

HOUSES,
here
for

ETC.

so

common

in Herefordshire

appear

the first time shews In

a

Figure

7,

bit of detail. and ing colourat

texture

the

Farm

House Plate group have

ever

Middlebrook,
is the finest I

xlvii,
of

buildings
seen.

The for

tenant

ouring is clamstoration, re-

general
it

so

should
are

be

visited

by

all who

influenced

by poetry

in the

archite(5lure, before

impending
Plate
common

destruction. shews

xlviii

only
and

shippon
combined,
beautiful modern

dovecote it is any
more

but than

building
the last

erefted hundred
8
to

during
years. 13

Figures
various

give

details from
Plate

the House. is
a row

xlix

of cottages
I

outside

the of

gates
Oejai^of H'^^qeMiddlebrook

Figs.8.,9

and

10.

doorway

at

middlebrook,

with

details.

Farm.

Cottages at Pembridge (Plate1).

This

vertical plain,

close

timbering.

22

OLD

COTTAGES,
These
are more

FARM

HOUSES,
at

ETC.

Plate bold

li.

delightful cottages
held up props its head, have been
no

Pembridge.
for

The

overhanging gable
these

doubt,
added
to

several
its

centuries, and

masonry

support

decliningyears.

Fisj.14.
Plate
not

AN

ORIEL

WINDOW

AT

EARDISLEY.

Hi is the

fine

timber

Manor

House
account

at

Luntley, but

we

dare

give

whole

building on
a

of

huge vulgar, modern

The

bay, which

protrudes like

tumour

from

its fair front.

porch

IN

HEREFORDSHIRE.
the house has

23

will

give ail

idea

of what

been, and

it possesses

all the

Herefordshire
the weather

charaderistics,

boarding, the
the

dants pen-

terminating
posts,
the massive and

angleboldly

shaped
on

corbels
three

the

trade balus-

sides.

Plate

liii gives the Dovecote house and of

at

adjoining the ley,

a

Lunt-

charming

quaint
a

half-timber
found with

structure,
some

type
at

variations shire Hereford-

different and

places in

Shropshire.
is another Plate

Eardisley
village, and
row typical

quaint
a

liv shews

of

cottages

there.
are

The

chimney stacks, which worthy

ot

original, are

tion. atten-

Although
in Plate Iv

the has

house been of

shewn much

mutilated, and
it

much

:^\-^\"^\N\^??^^^

hidden what

with

cast, roughis foundly pro-

remains and

untouched

interesting.
The detail Gothic is distinftin and
i

/F^|.[. fJEAP
"IBa/.
Fig. 15.
PLAN SHEWN AND ON SECTION FIG. OF rHE ORIEL

ly

feeling.
5 illus-

Figures 14
trate
a

I4.

ground

floor Oriel

here, which

may

be

seen

in the

photograph.

24 We

OLD

COTTAGES,
in found the

FARM

HOUSES,

ETC.

were

fortunate and
we

finding the
it full of roofs
we

house

unoccupied

and

in

obtaining
about

admission,
in the with dim the

features. interesting
discovered
an

Groping

light of

old

built-up chapel
the

altar step, traceried The is

Gothic

holy

water

stoup, and
the
same

inal orig-

open-timberroof.
in the We

barge board

from

shewn village, Gothic character.

a

sketch,
now

Figure i6,

impressed equally
a

with

reach of fine

Weobly,
old timber

decaying village, containing quite

houses.

colledion
their

They spend
much

are

mostly
in

owned them

by
in

who occupiers,

cannot

afford

to

keeping

repair.
Plate weather
centre

Ivi

is

good example
A
on

from

which

to

study

the

value

of the

boards. of the

deeply
the

recessed

bay probably occupied

this and other

gable
have

ground

floor, but

esting inter-

features

disappeared. Weobly
members
/
once

returned

two

to

Parliament,
that

and

the
to

story
the of

goes

previous
quis Marthe

Reform

Bill the owned the

Bath, who

whole
to votes

place,allowed
free
as

tenants

live
to

rent

the

price of
When

their

his

nominee.

Weobly
saw no

lost its
reason

the representation,

landlord
to

why
rents
a

he

should

continue
to

forego
them.

his But

and

sent

his agent
"

collect
"

mischievous them that of them

a so

opposition
had

lawyer
the

shewed

Fig. 16.
NEAR

they

become

BARGEBOARD

EARDISLEY.

legal owners
lived in
such

their

houses,
rent

by having
Now
to

long
state

free !

that

the

houses

have

fallen into

sad

of

as disrepair

be

habitable,the occupiershave scarcely

begun

for the first time

to

miss

IN

HEREFORDSHIRE.
and his agent weather To ! The boards
an

25

the have

presence many
on

of local many
at at

the

landlord

Weobly
cast

cottages
broad

and characteristics,
a

their

shadows

quaint front.
end and
a

support
buttress

overhanging gable
out

by

bracket stack

one

by

thrown

from

chimney huge
oak

the

other, is
the

favourite

and device, (PlateIvii), tell of the

the

timbers

forming

gable of

this house

days

when

was

plentiful. Leys Farm, (PlatesIviii

and is lix), shews
a

The

wonderful
utmost texture

specimen
that and the
can

of be

dignifiedtimber
effected
most

architecture,
materials.

and

the

with

these

It is
no

perfect in

colour,
effect

in detail, and interesting upon its beams silvery Sir

;

restoration the is
a

has

marred it has that

of time the

while

fact that guarantee

The

passed into
it will be

possessionof
with

Joseph

Verdin

treated

discriinination
to

and

respect.

double and in

tier of shews
a

ment-like pediclassic the

gables
influence, while

the

bays

is almost

unique
survives any

the

Gothic

tradition without

the

sills of the

gables,which
The carved Plate group,
as

are

carried

through
or

mitreing at

angles.
in the

family

of

John
the

Brugge,

Bridge,

is commemorated the date

panel over
Ixi, The
it

porch, (PlateIx),togetherwith

1589.

Rows,

Weobly.

This the

is

remarkably interesting
A

belongs undoubtedly to just

shews
on

fifteenth century.
side of the the Middle that in far

Gothic
a

traceried

window in
"

the

gable, and Ages" by

drawing
author beautiful
nearest

The

Domestic

Architecture

of

the
a

of the

'"'"Glossary of Architecture,'^shews
window three-light that both the

fifty years
the

ago of

traceried

appeared
and

gable

the

house, and
while

cusped

pierced verge
the Gothic these

boards floor

remained,
instead in the

curious

cusped panels occupied

and windows. The

ground

of the
centre

present
is also

doorway proof

doorway
houses.

of the
at

great

antiquityof
This

Plate

Ixii, Old

House
to,

Weobly.
one

beautiful works.

example
The

has

already been

referred

as

of

John

Abell's

addi-

26

OLD

COTTAGES,

FARM

HOUSES,
modern windows its

ETC.

tioii of it

modern

shop
or

fronts minimise

and

poor

cannot

render

commonplace,

the from

effect every

of

charming proportions
of view
seem

and

perfect skyline,which

point

equally

faultless. Plate group, Ixiii. which

to

Street

Houses,
much side

Weobly.

This

is another

very

early
the
are

though
front in and

mutilated and and the also

is full of interest.

It has which and Kent

overhang
uncommon

diagonal angle-beam,
the recessed
centre

these which The distant

parts,
are

tecting proand

wings
Sussex and
once

common

characteristics
coves are more

of

the

houses.
more

enormous

quaint than beautiful,

that the farthest
was once

the

one

seems

to

indicate the whole

house under

formed roof Plate with Ixiv the

third
a

wing,

and

that
eaves.

block

one

uniform
a

line of beautiful

shews

and

very

complete

little
to

house,

to

which of and the is

photograph scarcelydoes

justice, owing
but Plate Ixv The

the how

difficulty
excellent in which

obtaining a good point of view, thoughtful

is the of detail of

shews
manner

the

porch.
windows

jambs projecting

the dormer

terminate

with

pendants

noteworthy.
The

Pigeon
known

House
"

or

"

Falconry," (as

it is

said locally

to

have its

been),

as

the wattle

buttas," is quaint and

in the

original,with

panel of ventilating
Plate round

gable (Plate Ixvi).

This

Ixvii, Wigmore
the hill
on

Village.
stands

quaint village is grouped

remains of the Castle
of

upon OfFa's

which

what

the but

Mortimers
none

Dyke.

There features in
a

are

many the

timber
one

houses,
the

possess grows

any

distinctive the hill-side

a

except

in
manner.

picture,

which Plate
near

up

natural delightful

Ixviii

shews which
seems

plain well-designed house probably

protest
lost its verge it is
not

at

Fenhampton,
and
to

'

Weobly,
and !

has
to

boards dressed

original
receive

windows,
visitors

that

IN

CHESHIRE.

27 the Market Ixix been and

I

The

Hall

of the

Butcher's

Guild

and

Hall

at

Ledbury,
ready al-

Plates

and-lxxii,have
described

(pp. 1 6
and

7, and
two

Figs.3,4
street

5).
in

The

houses Ixx and and

Ledbury,
throw
one

Plates

Ixxi,
the

fine shadows in the Plate

narrow

Church esting inter-

Lane,

Ixxi, has

details,some
are

of which
17.

given here. Figure

Plate Ixxiii is
a

quaint
ample ex-

and

entirely genuine
from of the

hood neighbourHereford,
no

Little

but which C par

it possesses

details

call for remark.

H Es H I RE

has

always been
home

excellence

the

of sessed Pos-

timber

architecture. of abundant

forests

and

little good
not

buildingstone
we

it is find

surprisingthat nogging,"

"timber

as

they
for very also.
ton,
Of
FROM LEDBURY.

call it there, the

style
and,

cottage,

mansion the

often, for
The Bramall

church

halls of and

Adling'

Moreton,

JWlf
WINDOWS

i^Eur

Xciii,XCi V andc) (PlatCSXCii,

CHURCH

STREET,

(with Spekc just

over

the

28

OLD

COTTAGES,

FARM

HOUSES,
mansions the

ETC.

border),
These refined what
one

are

probably
not

the been

finest

timber

in

the

world.

may and

all have

of local

design,for

carving is
are

often

the would

and design original

elaborate, and
Cheshire

they

not

quite early
carved

expect
"

from Richard

the

carpenter
"

of

those in

days

and

although

Dale

Carpeder

records

iM^*iii^fe^f5^

I'EET"NcJfcol

Fig. iS
and that had

PLASTER

GABLE

AT

WHITEFRIARS

"

CHESTER.

painted letteringupon
he other
we
"

the

world-renowned

bays
of

of he

Moreton,
may three have
sions man-

made

thies in
some

windows

by

the them

grac ! Of

God,"
the above

assistance

designing
small other and

only give
work,

bits, as

they

are

outside have had

to

the
to

scope

of
as

this modest

and

fine

examples

we

omit,

being too
Thus,
of

generallyknown

frequentlyillustrated
which
was once a

be of interest. black-and-

picturesqueChester,

veritable

3"

OLD

COTTAGES,
is
a

FARM

HOUSES,
and it forms and

ETC.

Alderley Edge
the

beautiful

spot
"The
an

quite a
Child,"

centre

for

study of

timber the

buildings.
been

Eagle
inn for

Plate

Ixxx,

just outside
has
at

has village, sacrificed

to

centuries, but

its license its noble

last been

the

conscientious

scruplesof

Fig

19.

DETAIL

OF

PORCH

AT

HANDFORTH

HALL.

owner.

One made
an

cannot

help wishing

that
are

less venerable

"

pub."
from.

had
A

been

example of, and

embossed
cast

there lead

plenty to

choose date

portion of

the

spout,

bearing the

1688, still

IN

CHESHIRE.
and interesting and
21.

31

clingsto

the

eaves,

most
20

uncommon

relic,which

is ilkistrated Plate Ixxxi

in

Figures
shews
one

of

the

numerous

Manor

Houses

of

the

F'\c

20.

EMBOSSED

LEAD

SPOUT ALDERLEY

FROM EDGE.

THE

EAGLE

AND

CHILD

Stanley family. Figure

effective little bit of detail of the
side of the window door.

23

gives
and

an

ornament
on

the

the

left-hand

Several
the lanes

delightfulcottages
around, (seePlates
the

adorn and of

Ixxxi in
some

and Ixxxii), them

as

timbering
and
case.

is unusual
so

has local fashions, The

is

often

the

board draught(Fig.

decoration

is

one

of them,
at

22), and
Old

it appears

again

Swinyard

Hall, (PlateIxxxv).
The Farm is
a

illustrated
fine

on

Plate

Fig. 21.
Ixxxiii but

SECTION
SHOWN

OF
ON

THE FIG.

LEAD 20.

unrestored

example,
the sence ab-

SPOUT

it is rather of

gloomy,
makes

and
one

chimneys
blast is

speculatehow
the
"

the

tenants

fare when
"

January

whistling' through

wattle-and-dab

of

the

32

OLD

COTTAGES,

FARM

HOUSES,

ETC.

Fig.

22.

COTTAGE

AT

ALDERLEY

EDGE.

IN

CHESHIRE.

33

walls.

Do

they appreciate
Hall,
not

"

timber
one

nogging
of
a

"

as

much

as

we

do ? of the last.
no

Woodford

Plate

Ixxxiv,
but

the

many
contrast

homes with which has been

not

Davenports, is
The
room

far away,
of the

it is

great
a

the leaves

beautiful for with any the

balance

timbering has

charm

but feeling

admiration. this

All the house We could

ised modern-

exceptionof

fragment.
that

get the fowls

!

in the

foreground to

understand Northwich taken

on

they were
and

being photographed
The

Swinyard
Plate

lies between

Warrington.
dull

graph, photo-

Ixxxv,

was

very old
or

day

and

hardly does
but it
was

the "then had

: placejustice

never,

as

the and

Restoration the

commenced
were

scaffold
The end !

poles
very

actually up.
suggests
lies
a

word

violent

Prestbury
and

between

clesfield Macthis

Manchester, and
little Priest's

charming;
Plate
street.

House the main small esting inter-

Ixxxviii, adorns
It is
a on a

very of

scale and

has

number The

features. between the

two

balcony
is

bays
One

original,
can

though
the

restored.

ture pichis
his
so

priestinterviewing
hence

^CALE of^ frcfFig. 23.

DETAIL
OF

parishionersfrom
cassock
or

in

his

nightdressand
and the

BEAM

FROM

STANLEY

HALL.

saving
The

his

legs

stairs ! very

four-way

gables are
24 shews the 25

quaint and,
and lead the old

so

far

as

know,

unique.
which

Figure

plan
the

flagged pavement

survives, and

Figure

lights.
F

34

OLD

COTTAGES,
from

FARM

HOUSES,
we come

ETC.

Driving
Marten

Prestbury
Plate

to

Congleton,
is bloom
he
a

first of

upon ber tim-

Church,

Ixxxvii, which
The but

capitalexample
of age
to

ecclesiastical architecture.
brushed aside timbers

has

been

roughly
the

by

the and

restorer,
windows.

seems

have
in

spared
the

original

The

doorway

sketch.

'\cfll^ Of fPET"Fig. 24.

PLAN

OF

BAYS

AT

THE

PRIEST's

HOUSE,

PRESTBURY.

(Figure2 6),isinteresting,while
the

hinges
the
A

are

refined

and

lieve re-

plainnesseffectually.
on,

little further
trees

among
to

the

and espy

orchards Marton

the

left,
Plate

we

Hall,
in roof

Ixxxviii.
and

Charming

design

colour, with
green, the and

of sea-weed

creamy blush of

walls, with
brickwork the
worn

pink

showing
it plaster,
the

through
formed
a

CCfll^E O^
Fig. 25.
GLAZING

fPTET^
"

picture against sky,

never

grey-blue
forgotten.

FROM

PRESTBURY.

to

be

IN

CHESHIRE.

35

Fig.26.

DOOR

AT

MARTON

CHURCH,

WITH

DETAIL.

36
There would is do

OLD

COTTAGES,
about the

FARM

HOUSES,
work which

ETC.

restraint well
to to

timber The

inodern is

designers
imminent,
and the been

emulate.

inevitable in

restoration the

and, truth

tell,the rain
and
cases

comes

through
old

lovely roof
has of

preciouswalls, kept
in

much !

of the valuable The

most

furniture

long
the

oilskin

exacting member

Society

Fig. 27.

DOORWAY

AT

MARTON

HALL.

for the the shewn old

it
was
"

Protection

of
"

Ancient

Buildings would
or

as hardly prescribe

only
in

alternatives

abandonment Inside
at

oilskins. that is

The

doorway
The

is

Figure
"

27. remains

there the foot

is much of the

interesting.
We

dog-gate
there
not
to

stairs.

thought
wondered
spears

that that still

prevent
fixed
at

the the

children

down, falling
A number of

and

it had

been

top !

Tudor

38

OLD

COTTAGES,
mansion. It

FARM

HOUSES,

ETC.

splendid
Bromhals,
in the

old but

belonged originallyto
into fine has side the hands

the of

Bromeales

or

passed by marriage
III. in The

the which

Davenports
Ormerod with

reign
a

of Edward taken and

on

long gallery of

gives
the

sketch

1809

long disappeared, together

of the

gatehouse
has Dutton

the the Plate

one

fourth

quadrangle.

The

tion restora-

been,

whole, judiciously done.

xcv,
must
once

Hall,

have

been

splendid place,
in the
rooms.

for

it still contains has been

of up

the

finest three has many

banqueting
storeys
been years
to
so

halls small

country,
The restored fit

which

divided which
to

into

of

beautiful
that
to
we

porch
have had Over

remains go back

barbarously
obtain
a

photograph
Piers wifF Dutton made

produce.
Lorde and God old

the

doorway
and ye

is the my of

inscription"Syr
dame Lorde

Knyght
this hall

of

Dutton in

lade
our

Julian hys
God

buyldyng
of all."
at

yere

mcccccxlii

who

thanketh The

Hall

Middlewich,
it has been old and

Plates used

xcvi for

and
some

xcvii, is
years

delightful
offices
to

example,
chemical Saiidbach has Inn been

and

although
it has of

been

as

works,

tenderly
timber
not

treated

and the

is full of restoration

interest. mania the old and

is full in full
on

houses, but
one

swing,
Plate

dare

present

except

illustrated has Farm

xcviii, which,
to

though
"

tampered
air." Plate
us

with

partly sham,
The fine old

managed
near

preserve

the

grand

Alsager, Haslington
in
a

Hall,

xcix,
tor

is

genuine example
hunt
we

by-lane,
was

and

quite

rewarded

the

long

had

before of
we

it

unearthed.
Moreton

With of
our

the

Gatehouse

old

Hall, Plate
need
not

c,

we

take for

leave ducing reproand

readers, and
so

feel

that

we

apologise

familiar

an

example, impossible

for
ever

of
to

its matchless grow weary.

proportions

perfect balance

it is

IN

CHESHTRK.

39

The

question
for
a

naturally arises,
house,
I would and
as

whether
who

timber has

nogging
had
some

is

suitable

style
of is

modern

one

experience
one

such

building,
of the the

say

that,

given
in
a

suitable timber the

client, house,

who will it is

worthy

privilege

of

living
put
house up of

who

appreciate eminently
But

advantages style
cheap
attribute
the will weather

and for

with

drawbacks
"

an

suitable
not

moderate
to

dimensions.
to

it is

style, nor
the of

one

give

fidgety
of the

or

exacting
to

client, who
some

will

natural the and

behaviour No
to

materials how when

two

neglect
may
to

on

part
shrink

builder. twist

matter

dry

the first the

oak

be

it the

some

extent

exposed
oak work

and

sunshine. and little the

After

about

years
casements

will

require overhauling
which it should
at

lead-lights

and

refitting,atter properly
so

give
No with

further
of

trouble,

if it has

been

constructed and
so

first.

style
its

building

will and

harmonize

quickly
the

completely
and brand-new

surroundings
and
none

so

soon

pass
to

through
on

crude

period,
with

continue whether

live

such

terms

of
grey the

good-fellowship
lichen-covered
most

other

materials,

rosy

brickwork,
last
it

masonry, all. And it. then In

or

pearly flag-slates,which
it is hard of
to

loves of the

ot

say

which in

season

year

most

becomes

its in its

cap

virgin
veil the of

snow,

its it

gorgeous
is

garb

of

Virginia
At

creeper the other and

or

purple
throws it the

wistaria broadest its of

equally bewitching.
and breast
at
eve

noondav

it

shadows,
snowy the
moon.

(as
of

no

building responds

can)
to

gathers
silver

on

the

rose

sunset,

magic

FINIS.

Plate

SHOPS

AT

CORNER

OF

BUTCHERS

ROW,

SHREWSBURY.

Plate

II.

HOUSE

IN

BUTCHERS

ROW,

SHREWSBURY.

Plate

IV.

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THE COURT

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HOUSE,

SHREWSBURY.

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VI.

HOUSES

AND

SHOPS

IN

MUCH

WENLOCK.

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Vlll.

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THE

ABBOT'S

HOUSf,

MUCH

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END

FROM

PITCHFORD

HALL.

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XXII.

DODMORE

FARM,

NEAR

LUDLOW.

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XXV.

THE

READER

HOUSE,

T.UDLOW.

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XXVI.

GABLE

OF

TilE

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INN,

LUDFORH,

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LIII.

THE

DOVECOTE,

LUNTLEY,

NEAR

PEMBRIDOE.

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OLD

SCHOOL

HOUSF,

WEOBLY.

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LXVI.

"THE

BUTTAS"

FALCONRY,

NEAR

WEOBLY.

Plate

LXIX.

THE

HALL

OF

THE

BUTCHERS'

GUILD,

HEREFORD.

CHURCH

ROW,

LEDBURY.

Plate

LXXl.

CLERK'S

HOUSES,

LEDBURY.

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LXXIV.

HOUSE

IN

WHITEFRrARS,

CHESTER.

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LXXV.

THE

STANLEY

PALACE,

CHESTER.

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LXXVIll.

HANDFORTH

HALL,

NEAR

CHEADLE.

Plate

LXXXI.

COTTAGE

AT

ALDERLEY

EDGE.

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LXXXlll.

FARM

HOUSE

AT

ALDERLEV

EDOE.

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LXXXVI.

THE

PRIETS'S

HOUSE,

PRESTBURY.

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XCni.

BRAMHALL

HALL,

NEAR

STOCKPORT.

Plate

XCIV.

BRAMHALL

HALL,

NEAR

STOCKPORT.

Plate

XCV.

va'""'"/-"''.^S

THE

PORCH,

DUTTON

HALL,

NEAR

NORTHWICH.

Plate

XCVil.

GABLE

OF

THE

OLD

HALL,

MIDDLEWICH.

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