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29: 107:. These influences led to changes in the exteriors as well as interiors of Cotswold-style buildings. Classical influences to the exteriors included the use of stucco on walls, which often replaced the limewash on original buildings. The interiors also changed, as Cotswold-style buildings came to have higher and wider lights and β€œloftier” rooms. The architecture also changed during the Arts and Crafts Movement. Smaller buildings were built with a mix of concrete block and stonework or roughcast brick and stonework. This allowed architects to save on costs due to stone being expensive during the Arts and Crafts movement. 148:. Since lead was not available, slate was used in its place. Henry Ford is noted to have appreciated the "distinctive architectural style and attractive weathered appearance of typical Cotswold buildings," whose stone elements "all blended together unbroken by other visible construction materials." Due to the steepness of the roofs, most original Cotswold cottages had dormer windows and were not waterproof. Occasionally, lead was employed in gutter systems around the roof. As a result of the roof angles, roofs made with pseudo- 125: 155:
Like the roofs, the walls of Cotswold residences were susceptible to the elements. Though the walls were thick, they were hollow and filled with rocks and "rubbish" and were not reinforced with any binding materials. The stone slates were naturally thick. The walls had to compensate by being thicker
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The rooms of residence constructed in the Cotswold style are often small and irregularly shaped. The floorplan of a Cotswold cottage is generally bisected by a staircase, and the bedrooms are on the first floor. These staircases, along with the internal walls, are made of wood. Traditionally, oak,
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The Cotswold style of architecture is characterized by simplicity. The Cotswold buildings were built to 'melt into their surroundings'. The original Cotswold cottages were built for rural laborers, including farmers who reared sheep. Additionally, the rural location of the Cotswold region limited
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The Cotswold style emerged during the late 16th century and flourished throughout the 17th century. During the second and third decades of the twentieth century, the Cotswold style reached its zenith of popularity. The Cotswold 'Arts and Crafts' architecture was a very popular and prominent style
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The features of the Cotswold style are primarily identifiable through the use of specific materials. In the Cotswold region, oolite limestone and hard wood are abundant. Lead, on the other hand, was scarce during throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, so it is not utilized in any traditional
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buildings of the Cotswold style. One use of limestone in the Cotswold region was called limestone walling. This technique gives a range of color to the Cotswold style due to the amount of iron oxide in the limestone layer. The limestone was also used as slates for the Cotswold roofing.
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Buildings of the Cotswold style typically have one or two large fireplaces, depending on the size and function of the building. The fireplaces both release into a chimney. The interiors of the chimneys as well as the mantles are made of stone.
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Old Cottages, Farm-houses, and Other Stone Buildings in the Cotswold District: Examples of Minor Domestic Architecture in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Northants, Worcestershire, &c
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and steep roofs. The Cotswold style uses local materials based on geology. This style is renowned for the use of local oolitic limestone.
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house style, and it likely came to the United States as a result of renewed interest in medieval housing styles.
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access to building materials. This style used local materials to create the distinctive look of the Cotswolds.
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The king mullion is a common element of the Cotswold style. The windows of Cotswold cottages were
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than the slates in Cotswold traditional houses in order for the building to be supported.
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in the Cotswolds became the focal point of the 'Arts and Crafts' architecture.
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The leading feature of Cotswold architecture is the grouping of the
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chestnut, and beech, all native to the Cotswold region, were used.
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Cotswold-style house at 300-04 West Willow Grove Avenue, in the
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Traditional Domestic Architecture of the Banbury Region
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The Cotswold style later came to be influenced by the
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Index


Cotswold
England
chimney
mullions
Gloucestershire
Tudor Revival
Classical style of architecture

Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Duhring, Okie & Ziegler
gables
thatch
glazed with lead
Bibury
Bourton-on-the-Water
Broadway, Worcestershire
Castle Combe
Cirencester
Coln St. Aldwyns
Upper Slaughter
Lower Slaughter
Stow-on-the-Wold
Rufus Arndt House
the Henry Ford
Richard Yates
Avon Old Farms School
Storybook house
Tudor architecture

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