HEART-OF-ENGLAND
THATCHED COTTAGES
AND
HALF-TIMBERED BUILDINGS
| This page shows just a few of the most picturesque examples. |
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5 miles downstream from Stratford is the village of Welford-on-Avon. There are many picturesque cottages in Welford. More pictures of Welford here: Welford-on-Avon. |
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An attractive thatched cottage in Weston-on-Avon.
Weston is a small village about a mile upstream from Welford. |
 | The world's most famous cottage, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery. |
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The more traditional view of Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery.
This is the opposite side to the view shown above. The picture above was taken from within the trees visible at the back of this picture. |
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This is the 16th Century Moat Farm, Burton Green.
The owner of this house takes a pride in its garden, and has many old and shrub roses, though not easily visible in this photo. |
 | Very near to Kenilworth Castle is Little Virginia, a group of picturesque thatched cottages. |
 | The Malthouse at Claverdon. |
 | This is one of many thatched cottages in Stoneleigh. |
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This is the old Manor House at Stoneleigh, viewed from between old oak trees on a recreational area in the village.
More about Stoneleigh: Stoneleigh. |
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Half-timbered shops along the High Steet at Henley-in-Arden.
More: Henley-in-Arden |
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Dunchurch was an important staging post on the road from London to the Midlands. This is the village Smithy. And over the smithy is the Chestnut Tree. The present tree is a replacement for its parent.
It is claimed by several tourism guidebooks that this is the Smithy that inspired Longfellow's poem The Village Blacksmith. Our American friends would dispute that this icon of American values originated here, though Longfellow certainly toured many English villages, on foot, and Dunchurch lies on the main route North from London, so he would probably have passed through here. |
 | The most idyllic farmhouse is at Lower Brockhampton, near Bromyard.
The farmhouse is moated, and is set in 2000 acres of farmland and ancient woodlands. The Brockhampton Estate is owned by the National Trust. More pictures: Lower Brockhampton. |
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