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Cheesehill (Chesil) Rectory, WinchesterThe oldest house in Winchester, the Old Cheesehill Rectory. Now called The Chesil Rectory it is a restaurant serving fine cuisine. The building dates back to1450. Date: circa 1906
The Kalaw Hotel - Kalaw - The Hotel is off to one side near the end of the valley - stucco and half-timbered, casual and unpretentious
Tudor HousesMill Street, Warwick, with a row of Tudor half-timbered houses, a glimpse of Shakespeares England. Date: 16th century
Alcester Town HallThe fine half-timbered Town Hall at Alcester, Warwickshire, England. Date: 17th century
Entrance to St. Bartholomew-the-Great, LondonThe Gatehouse. The Tudor entrance to St. Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield, London Date: circa 1930s
Priest=Vicars BuildingThe fine old half-timbered building of the Priest-Vicars at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Date: mid 14th century
England / EardislandA glimpse of the charming village of Eardisland, Herefordshire, with its charming black and white timbered houses and the River Arrow running serenely by. Date: 1950s
Saffron Walden - Old Houses on Church StreetSaffron Walden, Essex - Old Houses on Church Street Date: circa 1910s
Tudor SummerhouseThis Tudor summerhouse, in Soho Square, London, disguises a ventilation shaft from the underground railway tube station! London, England. Date: 16th century
Staple Inn, HolbornThe half-timbered structure of Staple Inn in Holborn, one of the few surviving Tudor buildings in central London. Dating from 1581, it was formerly an Inn of Chancery. Date: 16th century
Beeleigh Abbey, near Maldon, Essex, England. The building dates back to the late 12th century, although the 13th century Chapter House is the chief remaining relic. Date: late 12th century
Pevensey Mint HouseYe Olde Mint House, Pevensey, Sussex, England, was erected in 1342 on the site of a Norman mint reputed to have been establised c. 1076. Date: 14th century
Half-Timbered GatewayA black and white half- timbered courtyard gateway at Canterbury, Kent, England. Date: 16th century
Aldeburgh Moot HallAldburgh Moot Hall, a fine red brick and timbered building, which was once in the centre of this quaint Suffolk town, before coastal erosion caused it to be close to the sea. Date: 16th century
Deep Thatched CottagesDeep thatched cottages at Wherwell, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s
BECKETTs COTTAGESAncient cottages at West Tarring, Sussex, England. These are known as Becketts Cottages, because Thomas-a- Beckett was born in this village. Date: 1930s
England / StoneleighSome of the fine timbered and brick-built cottages in the village of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1950s
Tudor House MuseumThe Tudor House Museum, Southampton, England. Built in the 1530s. Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I are all reputed to have stayed here. Date: 15th century
Rowleys House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is a combination of an early 17th century mansion and a warehouse and has been a museum since the 1930s. Date: early 17th century
Oldest House in WalesThe Aberconway, an ancient timbered building in Conway, north Wales, which claims to be the oldest house in Wales. Built c. 1300, a fine example of medieval architecture. Date: early 14h century
Irby Old Hall, a typical Cheshire farmhouse, England. Date: 1950s
England / Rye 1939This beautiful half-timbered building in Mermaid Lane, Rye, Sussex, England, is the Old Hospital. A true gem of Old England which has slumbered throughout the centuries. Date: 1939
Ledbury Market HallThe fine old Market Hall at Ledbury, Herefordshire, England. It was built in 1663 by John Abel, who then held the office of the Kings (Charles II) Carpenter. Date: 17th century
England / EynsfordEngland/Eynsford
Tudor SchoolhouseA winter view of the old School House at Arley, Cheshire, England, a fine black and white half-timbered building. Date: 16th century
St. Crispins Chapel, a fine stone and timbered building at Colwall, Herefordshire, England. Date: Medieval
Wymondham Market House
England / LacockThis lucky lone cyclist has the whole of this quiet village to himself. It is Lacock, Wiltshire, a perfect example of Tudor England, with its timbered houses. Date: 1930s
HALL I TH WOODHall i th Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, England. Once the home of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule (1779), which revolutionised the cotton industry. Date: 15th century
KINGs HEAD, CHIGWELLThe Kings Head inn, Chigwell, Essex, made famous by Charles Dickens, as the Maypole in his novel Barnaby Rudge (1841). Date: 17th century
Leather Bottle, CobhamThe Leather Bottle pub, in the pretty village of Cobham, near Rochester, Kent, England. immortalised by Charles Dickens in Pickwick Papers. Date: 1930s
Stepcote Hill, Exeter, DevonStepcote Hill - the ancient West Entrance to the City of Exeter, Devon. Date: circa 1930s
Putting out Thatch FireThe Fire Brigade deals successfully with a fire that has broken out on a thatched roof Date: 1950s
Britannia and Eve front cover, Christmas 1949Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine, Christmas number featuring an illustration of a quaint, snow-covered street of half-timbered houses, with children carol singing outside one door
Old timbered house by a riverAn old timbered house at the side of a river
Old stone house with circular towerAn old stone house overgrown with ivy, with a circular tower on the left
Old house with graveyardAn old timbered house with a graveyard in the foreground
France, Nantes - Old Houses, Haute-Grande-Rue
Brookland Church, Romney Marsh, KentBrookland Church, Brookland, Kent on Romney Marsh, with its remarkable wooden, shingle-clad, octagonal belfry detached from the main structure of the church
Rouen, France - La Cour D AlbaneLa Cour D Albane - Rouen, France
Ancient Mill at Lery, France - previously the residence of Blanche de Castille
Housing designs by Oetzmann & Co. LtdTwo house designs by the Oetzmann & Co. Ltd. (of Hampstead Road, London) displayed at the Japan British Exhibition, London in 1910. On the left is Oetzmanns bungalow cottage, estimated cost 230
Rouen - France - Old Houses and FountainOld Medieval houses and an old fountain on the Rue St Romain, Rouen, France
Topiary at Plas NewyddTopiary in the gardens of Plas Newydd, the famous black and white timbered home of the Ladies of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales
Timbered HousesTimbered and plastered houses which line the streets of Saffron Walden, Essex, England
England / Saffron WaldenTimbered and plastered houses which line the streets of Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Yorkshire CottageA woman on the doorstep of her cottage, in the corner of the old Yorkshire village of Kilburn. Her bicycle, with its shopping basket, is at the garden gate
Half-Timbered HousesFine Tudor half-timbered shops and houses on High Bridge, Lincoln, built on a ribbed Norman arch, c.1160. The dark vault under the bridge is the Glory Hole