Lime kilns and moor cottages (1812)
Samuel Prout
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | Portfolio 15 |
| Devon | North Devon Record Office | SC3498 |
Illustration Reference
SC3498
Location
CD 52 DVD 8
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Holme, Charles (ed.) Old English country cottages. London, Paris and New York: Offices of the 'Studio', 1906. pp. 143-4.Here, at least, is the spirit of the old builders that gave much and asked little - that gave us the buttressed, plastered, and whitewashed cob walls, the big square chimneys, and the somewhat casually-thatched roofs of the Devonshire and Somersetshire cottages. There is not one built severely square, and but few have a complete gable or hip. They follow the contours of the ground haphazard - picturesque and rambling, like the talk of a native, they are as pleasant to look at as the other is to listen to. The walls never seem upright, the windows appear to be placed anywhere, and the thatch does not cover the roof so carefully and neatly as it might do. Casual and careless, with many faults, and no finish, might fairly be the description given to them by a foreigner. Every part seems wanting, but the whole has that indefinable charm that probably springs from their relationship to the surroundings.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
4s.g.etch on 1 pl
Dimensions
230x390mm
Series
S38. PROUT, Samuel: PICTURESQUE DELINEATIONS IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND CORNWALL, IMITATED FROM THE ORIGINAL STUDIES.
Note
On 1 sheet with SC3495, SC3496 & SC3497
Aspects
Exterior
Counties
Subjects
Dates
1812