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Old Cottages, Farm Houses, and other Half-Timber Buildings in Shropshire,

Herefordshire, and Cheshire. By J. Parkinson and E. A. Ould. (B. T. Batsford. 21s. net.)—This is a companion volume to one which deals with a kindred subject, the half..

timbered houses of Kent and Sussex. These counties, especially the old ironworks regions, are rich in survivals of sixteenth and seventeenth century building. Now we are introduced to a province which will probably be less familiar to many readers, the half-timbered dwellings of the three West Midland counties mentioned in the title. This volume, with its copious illustra- tions, will be most welcome to many lovers of old English things.