The English Country Cottage

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Brown, R.J.

Antiques & Collectibles

Irish Book Center

A quantity surveyor in private practice, R.J. Brown is an acclaimed writer on English vernacular and a member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. His books include Windmills of England, The English Country Cottage and Timber-Framed Buildings of England. Although receiving no formal training in fine art, he has been an acknowledged graphic artist for some years, specializing in fine pen-and-ink drawings of period buildings. He is a member of the Society of Graphic Fine Arts and also the Society of Architectural Illustrators. He has exhibited both in London and locally in East Anglia and has received commissions from individuals and companies for his 'house-portraits'. He lives near Colchester. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. The farmhouse is an essential and attractive part of the English landscape and thousands of examples still grace the countryside. In this superbly illustrated book, R. J. Brown examines the changing role of these traditional buildings. He shows the farmhouse at the centre of the economic, social and farming life of the community, and the many buildings which have lost their lands and have since been modified for other uses. This leads him to describe in words and detailed drawings the diversity of house types including the mediaeval open-hall and the so-called 'double-piled' house, the first house type designed not for the needs of the farm but for the comfort of the family. The significance of geological variations for the pattern of agriculture and the consequences for the type of farmhouse is also explained. In addition, the book discusses the various materials employed and the resulting distinctive regional variations. Profusely illustrated with the author's fine pen-and-ink drawings, this volume is an authoritative guide to one of the most characteristic and well-loved aspects of the English countryside.

English Farmhouses

Arts & Photography

Architecture

In this superbly illustrated book, R.J. Brown examines the changing role of the traditional farmhouse. He shows it at the center of the economic, social, and farming life of the community, and the many buildings which have lost their lands and have since been modified for other uses. Profusely illustrated with the author's fine pen-and-ink drawings, this volume is an authoritative guide to one of the most characteristic and well-loved aspects of the English countryside.

English farmhouses

R. Hale

Kent possesses more historic buildings than any other county in England. A large proportion are relatively small houses. This book describes these houses built by local craftsmen from local materials and is aimed at people interested in regional and vernacular architecture.

Old Houses and Cottages of Kent

Travel

Europe

Robert Hale, Ltd.

<p>In this superbly illustrated book, R.J. Brown examines the changing role of the traditional farmhouse. He shows it at the center of the economic, social, and farming life of the community, and the many buildings which have lost their lands and have since been modified for other uses. Profusely illustrated with the author's fine pen-and-ink drawings, this volume is an authoritative guide to one of the most characteristic and well-loved aspects of the English countryside.</p>

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Windmills of England

English Country Cottage

Standing the Watch: The Greatest Gift

Parenting & Relationships

Big River Press

Cleaning up dead husbands is not in Sally Collier's job description, so when she finds one buried at the bottom of his garden, her Monday morning work schedule gets majorly derailed.  	  Sally has history with the owners of the multi-million dollar home overlooking Discovery Bay on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, and when her beau, Jefferson County Chief of Detectives GEORGE TULLOCK warns her she'll have to do a "Sally Sees": remember what she saw when she got there, her day turns into a walk down a bad memory lane.  	  From being raised in post-World War II London, England to becoming a secretary and emigrating to Chicago, Illinois where she went from an eager-beaver office gal to a single mom of two chickadees; from heading west to California's Bay Area where she met Mel and Renee at a Human Potential Movement training, and started cleaning for a living. To moving on to picturesque Port Townsend and working in a doctor's practice, she's made a good life for herself, started Sal's Gals, her cleaning company, & found a good man to love.  	  Sally's proud that Charles Dickens wrote about her current trade in A CHRISTMAS CAROL and says of her mentor: "My Mum was a good char, it's just that she didn't clean with a light heart. You know, have fun. Oh, quit sniggering! Of course you can have fun cleaning house. What's the first thing most little girls play at? Anyway, she taught me that a family's home will tell you a lot about how they're getting along, and for the past three years, this one's been in trouble."  	  Sally tells her first mystery from the perspective of an immigrant and a business woman, and isn't shy about her memories, the joy she finds in cleaning her homes and her love life.

The Dead Husband (Sally Sees Cozy Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

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