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Landscapes and the built environments of our villages



Recent successful CPRE Northants events have celebrated the built environment of county villages and introduced villagers to CPRE Landscape campaigns.
Walking tours were led by the historical environment expert, Michel Kerrou.

Cottingham - 13 June 07

 

Michel Kerrou in Cottingham   Group in Cottingham churchyard
     

Holcot - 14 October 07

Audience inside village hall
     
End of building Michel Kerrou explains wall construction Oakley Cottage - architectural details
Builders have been extending living space for centuries, here by extending a steep roof pitch
Wall construction - the crafts of stonemasons and bricklayers
Oakley Cottage - ornamented barge boards and other Victorian reproductions of earlier manor house features
     
Holcot - outside audience
     
Holcot advertises the CPRE event Holcot stone cottage with altered roof line Holcot Victorian Cottage with date stone