The Hermitage: a thatched 'cottage orn?', Church Road, Hanwell
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The Hermitage: a thatched 'cottage orn?', Church Road, Hanwell
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 18 Jan 2014
A pretty unlikely survival in suburban West London. The small quatrefoil windows can be plainly seen in this view, but it is also the case that the larger windows are Gothick in form - all typical of the 'cottage orné' fashion of the decades around 1800. Compare an example in Kent: Image and another, in Lincolnshire: Image Rather similar in style, though not in terms of materials, is: Image
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