Originally published in 1928. A well illustrated history and study of various types of early rural buildings and design. Contents include: About Manor Houses - The Hall - Kitchen and Offices - Gatehouses and Chapels - Doorways and Windows - Chimneys and Fireplaces - Stairways - Dovecotes and Sundials - About Castles - Early Norman Castles - The Keep - Edwardian and Later Castles - The Barbican and other Defences - The Armoury - Chapels - Story of Corfe Castle etc. Many of the earliest books on architecture, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...

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The majority of our English counties possess some special feature, some particular attraction which acts as a lodestone for tourists, in the form of a stately cathedral, striking physical beauty, or a wealth of historical or literary associations. There are large districts of rural England that would have remained practically unknown to the multitude had it not been for their possession of some superb architectural creation, or for the fame bestowed upon the district by the makers of literature and art. The Bard of Avon was perhaps the unconscious pioneer in the way of providing his native...

" ...]One day a flight of larks came into the town, "which were," says Fuller, "as welcome as quails in the wilderness." The birds were so numerous that, notwithstanding the prevailing famine, they were sold for twopence a dozen. "Of this miraculous event," wrote Fuller, "I was not only an eye but a mouth witness." The city capitulated on 13 April, 1646, among the conditions of surrender being that the Cathedral should be spared, and the garrison accorded the honours of war. After the landing of William of Orange at Brixham, in 1688, he marched through the county to Exeter and entered the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...