Mud and Frame Construction in South Leicestershire.
There is evidence for the widespread use of unbaked earth as a building material in the East Midlands. In Leicestershire the construction of earth walling, or mud as it is generally referred to in this area, is documented from at least the fourteenth century. The documentary sources suggest that a g...
| Publicado en: | Vernacular Architecture Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 63 - 75 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2009
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