tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2627522384808606579..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Wick, WorcestershirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-69203644916758798812019-08-16T19:20:18.996+01:002019-08-16T19:20:18.996+01:00Absolutely. I was thinking of Warwickshire as one ...Absolutely. I was thinking of Warwickshire as one of the 'western' counties I mentioned, but of course it's more Midland, really. That red sandstone in North Warwickshire is very attractive when you do see it.<br /><br />The rooms must be small and low-ceilinged mostly.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-16257444060623190332019-08-16T15:42:54.727+01:002019-08-16T15:42:54.727+01:00One ought to include Warwickshire with Worcestersh...One ought to include Warwickshire with Worcestershire for cruck construction. The requisite timbers would have been rare and expensive - I wonder why more use wasn't made in some places of the local stone, e.g. the red sandstone in North Warwickshire. Very rarely have I seen surviving wattle and daub, nearly always brick infilling. I wonder at how small and inconvenient the rooms might be - despite the reputedly high prices of these buildings when changing hands. However, if anyone would generously like to bequeath me one...I am sufficiently a romantic to be smitten. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com