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Cotchford Farm is a farmhouse building to the southwest of the village of Hartfield, East Sussex, in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in southern England. Its owners have included author A. A. Milne , who wrote all of his Winnie-the-Pooh books at the house, often inspired by the local landscape, and musician Brian Jones , who ...
These buildings used single-story floor plans and native materials in a simple style to meet the needs of their inhabitants. Walls were often built of adobe brick and covered with plaster, or more simply used board and batten wood siding. Roofs were low and simple, and usually had wide eaves to help shade the windows from the Southwestern heat ...
The German name, Fachhallenhaus, is a regional variation of the term Hallenhaus ("hall house", sometimes qualified as the "Low Saxon hall house").In the academic definition of this type of house the word Fach does not refer to the Fachwerk or "timber-framing" of the walls, but to the large Gefach or "bay" between two pairs of the wooden posts (Ständer) supporting the ceiling of the hall and ...
North American connected farms date back to the 17th century, while their British counterparts have also existed for several centuries. New England connected farms are characterized by a farm house, kitchen, barn, or other structures connected in a rambling fashion. This style evolved from carrying out farm work while remaining sheltered from ...
The farmhouse was built in 1843, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. The front facade features a small porch supported by square columns. It has a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story rear block with a small colonnaded portico.
The two originally envisioned building a new, one-floor residence, to house up to 100 patients, but the state planning committee refused to approve that plan. Swinford and Martinie invested more than $200,000 to construct a modern addition to the old building and upgrade systems throughout.
The Robie House is a three-story, four-bedroom residence with an attached three-car garage. The house's floor plan consists of two large, offset rectangles or "vessels". The facade and perimeter walls are made largely of brick, with concrete trim, cut-stone decorations, and art glass windows.
CP Morgan was a family-owned homebuilding company, based in the United States.Founded in 1983, its headquarters were in Indianapolis, Indiana, with additional offices in Charlotte, North Carolina and Kernersville, North Carolina.