Blaise Hamlet - the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth cottages
Introduction
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Blaise Hamlet - the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth cottages
Image: © C P Smith Taken: 6 Apr 2010
To quote Wikipedia (16/02/2011) “Blaise Hamlet is … composed of a complex of small cottages around a green. They were built around 1811 for retired employees of Quaker banker and philanthropist John Scandrett Harford who owned Blaise Castle house [a few hundred yards away]. The hamlet was designed by John Nash, master of the Picturesque style. He had worked for Harford on other buildings. The cottages are now owned by the National Trust. They are still occupied and not open to the public, but the ensemble may be viewed from the outside. All the cottages, and the sundial on the green (which is accessible to the public), are Grade I listed buildings.” There are nine separate cottage buildings in all, each with its own name. The fourth, Double Cottage, is split into two dwellings (an early semi!). It has been suggested several times that the hamlet is the source of the ‘cottage’ design inspiration of many houses on estates (of one sort or another) to this day.
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Image Location
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51.506467
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-2.640975