Cottages Collection

Miners cottages at Blantyre, Lanarkshire
A row of decaying miners cottages at Blantyre, a mining district to the east of Glasgow. A few residents stand at their doorways and children and dogs are at the steps below. Date: circa 1936

Street scene, St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Robert Burns cottage, Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland, with sheep and cattle passing by. Date: circa 1920s

The Hollies Childrens Home, Sidcup, Kent
Aerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

St Marys Church, Eastbourne, Sussex. 1808

Children pony trekking, Horner, Somerset
Children pony trekking at Horner, Exmoor, Somerset. Date: circa 1980s

Craster, Northumberland
Craster, a small Northumberland village, famous for its home-cured kippers

Crockett Court, Galveston, Texas, USA -- a new development of brick cottages overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, probably intended as short-stay holiday accommodation. 1937

Mill Pond, Swanage
A lovely tranquil scene, with ducks on the old mill-pond in the charming village of Swanage, Dorset, England. Date: 1939

England / Finchingfield
Finchingfield, Essex, a textbook English village, with its village green, ancient church, stream, duck pond, manor house and almshouses and pretty colour-washed cottages

Cottages, Achill Island, Co Mayo (1913). Henri, Robert 1863-1929. Date: 1913

Barlow Fold Road, Romiley, Stockport, Greater Manchester
Terraced cottages on Barlow Fold Road, Romiley, Stockport, Greater Manchester Date: circa 1907

Highland Croft
Outside a highland croft in Argyllshire, a woman feeds some chickens

Castle street, Arncroach, Fife, Scotland
Castle Street, Arncroach, Fife, Scotland. The newspaper headlines detail a fatal rail crash, although this has not been so far identified precisely. Date: circa 1910s

THE CAT HOUSE
The Cat House a curious thatched cottage decorated with cat motifs, Henfield, Sussex, England. Date: 1950s

St. Marys, Amersham
The fine old church of St. Mary, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, with some of the picturesque old houses in this town of ancient buildings

Church Cove, The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: 1960s

Irish Scene - Cottages of the banks of Lough Corrib, Ireland
A view of cottages on the banks of Lough Corrib close to Oughterard in County Galway, Ireland. The outboard motors of the old rowing boats somewhat tarnish this rural idyll ! Date: circa 1930s

Street scene in Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A street scene in the coastal village of Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. A middle aged woman stands and smiles at the camera

Cottages at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk by J.C.T. Willis

Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside, Essex
A general view of the childrens cottages at Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside, Essex. Girls sit on benches while a nurse pushes a pram. Date: early 1900s

Wales / Tenby 1950S
A picturesque view of Tenby, on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales

England / Horsted Keynes
A glimpse of the village and church of Horsted Keynes, Sussex, England

Groomsport, Co. Down - a village street scene with thatched cottages and church on the right and children playing in the middle of the road. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Groomsport)

Welsh Cottages
Typical traditional Welsh cottages beside the River Dovey, near Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

Newtownbreda, Belfast - a rural street scene with thatched cottages on the right and three boys on the left. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Winkle Street, Calbourne, Isle of Wight - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Mars Hill, Lynmouth, Devon from the Harbour. Date: circa 1930s

Crofters Houses - Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Crofters Houses at Stornoway, a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Date: circa 1910s

Village Cross - The Borough - Downton nr. Salisbury, Wiltshire. Date: circa 1903

Cover design, Pears Annual, 1909
Cover design, Pears Annual for 1909, price sixpence, with two people walking through a snowy rural landscape. 1909

Coney Island Ardglass, Back Strand - a view of thatched cottages on the right and the sea wall on the left. There are people outside the cottages looking towards the camera

Thaxted 1950S
A little girl with a bow in her hair rides her bicycle in a corner of the picturesque old town of Thaxted, Essex, England, with its old thatched cottages beside the Guild Hall Date: 1950s

Princess Elizabeth and Margaret in the Welsh Cottage
Charming photograph of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her younger sister, Princess Margaret posing at the windows of y Bwthyn bach to Gwellt (the Welsh Cottage)

THE UGLY HOUSE
The Ugly House near Betwys- y-Coed, North Wales. Date: 1950s

Thatched cottage, Bunratty, County Clare, Ireland
Thatched cottage, Bunratty, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Residence of William H. Clarke - Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Residence of William H. Clarke and the Valley from Ice Glen Mountain - Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA. Villa Virginia - one of the last Berkshire Cottages to be built in the Mediterranean Revival

Ballintoy Harbour and Sea Stacks, Co. Antrim - an elevated view of thatched cottages on the shore beside cliffs and sea stacks in the water. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Ballintoy)

Bunowen River, Louisburgh, Co Mayo - a view of the river and old stone bridge and thatched cottages to the left. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Mayo; Louisburgh). Date: circa early 1900s

Dunargus Malin Head, Co. Donegal - an elevated view looking over thatched cottages to the sea and Headland beyond. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Dunargus). Date: circa early 1900s

Rossglass, Killough - a rural village with thatched cottages and man and dog and horse cart parked at the gable of a whitewashed cottage. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Killough)

Fishermens Cottages, Silverdale, Lancashire
Fishermens Cottages, Silverdale, near Arnside, Lancashire, England. Date: 1910s

View of the harbour, Clovelly, Devon
View of the harbour at Clovelly, Devon. Date: 1960s

Monemore, Killin, Scotland
A row of old low cottages at Monemore, Killin, Striling, Scotland Date: circa 1907

Old Shetlanders, Havera Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Date: 1918

Dodie Smith at home in Essex
Dorothy Gladys (Dodie) Smith (1896 - 1990), English novelist and playwright whose works include the play Autumn Crocus and the childrens novel

General view of Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
General view of the coastal village of Porthgain, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The harbour is just visible on the right

Chanctonbury Ring, South Downs, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

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