A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . THE BARBICAN 61 It consists of a collection of crazy houses built along the quayof Sutton Pool, which was the ancient port of houses are tall, with slated fronts and bow windows,much out of the perpendicular, of various dates. In thesehouses dwelt the old merchants of Plymouth, who equippedvessels against the Spaniards and carried Tavistock friezesto all the ports of Europe. From Sutton Pool Drake sailedagainst the Armada. The grand merchant-houses havebecome the habita
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . THE BARBICAN 61 It consists of a collection of crazy houses built along the quayof Sutton Pool, which was the ancient port of houses are tall, with slated fronts and bow windows,much out of the perpendicular, of various dates. In thesehouses dwelt the old merchants of Plymouth, who equippedvessels against the Spaniards and carried Tavistock friezesto all the ports of Europe. From Sutton Pool Drake sailedagainst the Armada. The grand merchant-houses havebecome the habitations of dealers in marine stores, drinking-shops, and eating-houses. Sic transit gloria tnundi. The houses on the Barbican are so crowded that they aredevoid of backyards, and when the inhabitants have a washingthey thrust their garments from their windows on poles to dryin the sea-breeze and the sun. Some ingenious dwellers inth se old houses contrive a system of rigging between theirpoles whereby a much larger wash can be exposed. On everyday that lends itself to drying the Barbican flutters its flagsand
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