tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1767626188369153069..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Shakespeare's countyPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-60971889395710784612016-11-27T11:04:16.624+00:002016-11-27T11:04:16.624+00:00During Shakespeare's life ins stratford, the m...During Shakespeare's life ins stratford, the majority of the houses were constructed of timber, a heavy framework, of which the squares and triangles formed by the wooden braces were filled with lath and plaster. The roofs of the better houses were of tile; but thatch was the more common material. If the front did not rise in steep gables, the slope of the roof was sure to contain dormer windows peeping out of the thatch. Porches invariably sheltered the door; and, if the house were that of a trader, a penthouse formed a covering beneath which he set up his stall. The better houses of the main streets in the village were built of timber and brick instead of timber and lath and plaster. Shakespeare seems to have rebuilt New Place of stone, a material of which the College was wholly constructed. Often the timber framework in front of a house was elaborately carved. Barns and office buildings were constructed like the smaller dwelling houses, of timber, lath and plaster, and always thatched.Carahttp://exeterroofingltd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-44346420272297026512016-11-16T21:06:01.423+00:002016-11-16T21:06:01.423+00:00Thank you all. Joseph: Well, if the man in the rec...Thank you all. Joseph: Well, if the man in the record shop had wanted to be clever-clever, he could have mentioned Brinkwells, the Sussex cottage where Elgar lived in c 1919 while he was writing the cello concerto. But we know it should have been Worcestershire or a neighbouring county on there. However, I can beat this. I have an Elgar CD with a picture of the Bankside Power Station (now Tate Modern) on the front. HOW do they think of these things?Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42942403973231271682016-11-16T17:21:23.681+00:002016-11-16T17:21:23.681+00:00The man in the record shop in Bristol looked puzzl...The man in the record shop in Bristol looked puzzled when I complained that the German-made CD of Elgar's music had a SUSSEX type half-timbered house on, not a Worcestershire-Warwickshire type! I hope he realised I was in jest! <br /><br />Does the new Pevsner note why there are so many mostly dry "moats" in North Warwickshire, mostly from manor houses and farms with pretensions to be manor houses? <br /><br />Yes, Atherstone is well worth noting: I had an intellectual conversation there with a lady in the church cafe. Hartshill (birthplace of Michael Drayton the Elizabethan poet) and Polesworth Abbey worth searching out too: well served by local historians. My photo of the Anker in winter, which was taken to show how "dull" the landscape can be, compared with Wales, has pride of place on my wall: some hidden gems (e.g. cruck cottages, sandstone bridges) here and there - some of them I've never found mentioned in the literature. Perhaps I just haven't read the right books.Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-44847745041808669112016-11-16T17:12:39.686+00:002016-11-16T17:12:39.686+00:00Another great blog post, and a very convincing rev...Another great blog post, and a very convincing review. I'd imagine the book contains some great photography also. Warwickshire has some beautiful properties. Upton House is a wonderful 17th century country house in Warwickshire. The hipped stone slate roofs and various roof dormers are just lovely. Francesca Jefferieshttp://www.ssroofingspecialist.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-38988253189162105102016-11-16T11:27:28.029+00:002016-11-16T11:27:28.029+00:00Quite so. Warwick Castle is (look out there's ...Quite so. Warwick Castle is (look out there's a cliché coming) Iconic, you see. And you gotta have something Iconic on a DVD cover. Bah!<br /> Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-10986829256533488852016-11-16T11:23:32.430+00:002016-11-16T11:23:32.430+00:00How about this for a piece of total irrelevance. W...How about this for a piece of total irrelevance. Whenever I see that view of Warwick Castle, as on the cover you show, I wince slightly because it was used behind Albert Finney's head on the cover of my DVD of Tom Jones, (the film of Fielding's novel before anyone says 'It's Not Unusual'). As we know, the book and film are set in Dorset and Somerset, Warwick Castle doesn't appear and as far as I know castles don't figure much either. Needless to say it was designed by someone at MGM in the USA, and we all know what they're capable of.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com