The cottages and the village life of rural England . ar school for the young people, but it hasseen better days, and is only an elementary school now, and canscarcely succeed in satisfying those trying gentlemen from Londonwho come down to our villages and worry the poor parsons life outof him by their requirements as to increased school accommodation,furniture, drainage, and repairs. And then there are the buildings, the cottages and farmhouses,the church, which shows evidences of the care of the people in itsfabric, containing specimens of the work of all Gothic styles fromNorman times onwar
The cottages and the village life of rural England . ar school for the young people, but it hasseen better days, and is only an elementary school now, and canscarcely succeed in satisfying those trying gentlemen from Londonwho come down to our villages and worry the poor parsons life outof him by their requirements as to increased school accommodation,furniture, drainage, and repairs. And then there are the buildings, the cottages and farmhouses,the church, which shows evidences of the care of the people in itsfabric, containing specimens of the work of all Gothic styles fromNorman times onwards, the manor-house, a perfect example offine Tudor building, than which nothing can be more beautiful,more homely, more satisfying. Such treasures does the first glance at our village that is not all. It is set in a framework of dark elms, of oaksthat are as old almost as the surrounding hills, and could tellstories of many generations of squires and farmers who have livedand died while they have been growing and maturing. The fruit- 14. DOSSINGTON, NEAR STRATFORD-ON-AVON In the county of Gloucester, seven miles from Evesham and sixfrom Chipping Campden, in the heart of the CotsAvolds, lies Dossing-ton. The apple-trees are in bloom, and the spring flowers areawakening from their winter sleep. This seventeenth-centurycottage has weathered many winters, and the passage of time hasbut added to its beauty. It preserves the tradition of the centralhall with a projecting wing attached to it, its plan being in theshape of the letter L. It is a simple timber-framed house, withthe upper storey slightly projecting, and a tiled roof. As in manyold houses, its timbers have become warped in places, and haveassumed a graceful curve over the doorway. LIFE OF RURAL ENGLAND trees in the orchards are in full bloom, as in the delightful villageof Dossington, near Shakespeares home at Stratford-on-Avon;and the flowers in the cottage gardens are bright with colour,while the green verdur
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