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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… are still thatched. In the towns and for the larger houses stone slates were no doubt the early roofing material. … abbeys and a Cistercian abbey. The three Benedictine houses are Sherborne, Abbotsbury and Cerne. Of the first the … early French Renaissance character. Of the minor monastic houses the parish church of Loders formerly served the alien …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… excavation has revealed two successive timber mortuary houses within an ovoid ditch, and apparently associated with … land which was suitable for house construction; the new houses made use of a recentlybuilt road across these fields. … main street, which ran down the hillside, was lined with houses and yards in the traditional manner; the same …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… On the other hand, the builders of churches and larger houses, with money to spend on appearance and solidity, … was used for this purpose in minor buildings. In larger houses and in churches imported stones were used for the … is renowned as one of the loveliest of English country houses [ 15360]. Hammoon Manor House comprises an early …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… in Normandy, there are no remains of the other religious houses of the district. These were the alien priories of … county has preserved an even larger proportion of medival houses than was the case in the parts already dealt with. As … another spere-truss survives at Eaton Hall. Timber-framed houses of later medival character may be noted at Almeley …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… the Constable of Richmond had a lodging. There were also houses opposite the abbey walls in Marygate. The husgable … Haxby Road. Adjoining the Horsefair were several religious houses: the Carmelites had their first house here before … four leper hospitals. No documents relating to private houses in Lawrence Street of a date earlier than the 14th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… on surviving evidence, were built in coursed rubble. Some houses were further elaborated with buttresses and one, 17 … Hill (95), were less elaborate. Surviving timber-framed houses appear to have exploited the decorative effect of … were used for facing an increasing number of the better houses. Windows, when mullioned, were almost always …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… London) provides information regarding several of the houses in that area; though an ephemeral publication, several …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… quoins are normal. From the late 17th century the better houses are faced in ashlar. Where the construction can be … in use until the mid 19th century. Several rubble-built houses are now plastered, and resemble ashlar-faced buildings. The details of some other houses show that they too were formerly rendered. Clearly in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… Ramsey Abbeys, Barnwell Priory, the Castle, and friars' houses in Cambridge is attested documentarily for many other … in the Trinity College Library accounts. A number of large houses were built in the earlier part of the 18th century … reflected from the economy practised in those 18th-century houses where the conspicuous walls are of brick the rest of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… now built over by Magrath Avenue and Clare Street and the houses to the W. 8 These dimensions compare closely with … fourteen S. of the river, the suburb of Barnwell, some houses at Newnham, seventeen churches (excluding those of the … removed to Barnwell (see Monument (64)), 43 for these houses often succeeded and took over the property and duties …