The Dutch House, Strand on the Green
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The Dutch House, Strand on the Green
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 10 Apr 2011
Seen from the muddy Thames foreshore, at low tide. This house catches the eye because of its shutters, painted in the Dutch manner with a split-diamond design. As with a few other houses along Strand on the Green, the gable, too, is in the Dutch style, with convex and concave curves. The shutter decoration is often to be seen in Holland, on older buildings - but the colours are almost always red and white - so why, I wonder, did the owners of this house choose blue ? To see how close the river can come to the Dutch House at high tide see: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.486463
Longitude
-0.281605