Interior of Cottage at Letchworth
Architect, Lionel F. Crane. The
Furniture by A. Heal
(Messrs. Heal and Son)
Were the object solely the national welfare, as it should be, cottages could be designed and built good to live in and seemly to look at. Objections have been made to the local bye-laws, but so far as I am aware these bye-laws are only intended to secure the minimum conditions necessary to health and comfort, and would in no way interfere with the erection of well-built and sightly cottages. Thatch, it is true, is I believe, in some counties forbidden on account of danger from fire (probably really increased by the use of low-flash oil in cheap lamps), but for detached cottages with the use of iron laths and reed thatch (as Mr. Robert Williams has pointed out) such danger is reduced to a minimum, and certainly there are thatched cottages and barns, and even churches, in England which have lasted hundreds of years, and thatch, after all, makes an excellent roof, cool in summer and warm in winter, and pleasant to look upon.
Interior of Cottage at Letchworth
Architect, Lionel F. Crane.
The Furniture by A. Heal
(Messrs. Heal and Son)
Stoneywell Cottage, Exterior
Ernest W. Gimson, Architect