Cotswold Cottages have a warm beauty unequaled in rural Britain. The
cottages have a character that has been determined by changes in local
industry and farming, as well as by the properties of the building
materials used, including the hard, honey-colored, Cotswold stone. Even
the details like the tiny hinged windows, old planked doors and ironwork
fittings were usually formed by local hands and have a style unique to
the area.
The Cotswold Cottage describes the key characteristics which define
these cottages, their history and form, what they are made from, their
interiors, and the colorful gardens around them.
Trevor Yorke's carefully drawn diagrams and photographs, together with
his easy-to-follow text, provide a wonderful introduction to these much
loved Cotswold homes.