. Vanishing England . Relic of Lynn Siege in Hampton Court, Kings Lynn ambition but to build cheaply. The contrast between thenew and the old is indeed deplorable. The old cottageis a thing of beauty. Its odd, irregular form and variousharmonious colouring, the effects of weather, time, andaccident, environed with smiling verdure and sweet old-fashioned garden flowers, its thatched roof, high gabledfront, inviting porch overgrown with creepers, and case-ment windows, all combine to form a fair and beautifulhome. And then look at the modern cottage with itsglaring brick walls, slate roof, ungai
. Vanishing England . Relic of Lynn Siege in Hampton Court, Kings Lynn ambition but to build cheaply. The contrast between thenew and the old is indeed deplorable. The old cottageis a thing of beauty. Its odd, irregular form and variousharmonious colouring, the effects of weather, time, andaccident, environed with smiling verdure and sweet old-fashioned garden flowers, its thatched roof, high gabledfront, inviting porch overgrown with creepers, and case-ment windows, all combine to form a fair and beautifulhome. And then look at the modern cottage with itsglaring brick walls, slate roof, ungainly stunted chimney,and note the difference. Usually these modern cottagesare built in a row, each one exactly like its fellow, with ml * %^«u!acii^GiiliiiiiiiiiMfiiiii!« i* 1111 r. O i-J ?si bo c 3O CJ co ?J Oh Ert E : -•? ? ? 70 VANISHING ENGLAND door and window frames exactly alike, brought over ready-made from Norway or Sweden. The walls are thin, andthe winds of winter blow through them piteously, and ifa man and his wife should unfortunately have words(the pleasing country euphemism for a violent quarrel) alltheir neighbours can hear them. The scenery is utterlyspoilt by these ugly eyesores. Villas at Hindhead seemto have broken out upon the once majestic hill like a redskin eruption. The jerry-built villa is invading our heathsand pine-woods ; every street in our towns is undergoingimprovement; we are covering whole counties with Lancashire no sooner does one village end its meanstreets than another begins. London is ever enlargingitself, extending its great maw over all the country Rev. Canon Erskine Clarke, Vicar of Battersea,when he first came to reside near Clapham Junction,remembers the green fields and quiet lanes with
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