Thimble Hall, Youlgreave, Derbyshire
Aptly named ‘Thimble Hall’ a minute cottage in the Derbyshire village of Youlgreave. This style of housing was once common from the mid 1700 thru 1800’s and was know as a ‘Two Up and Two Down’.
With the pressure on the scarcity of affordable housing here in the UK, I do wonder when we will go back to these old ideas….?!
Mind you Vagabonds are not that welcome as the sign from 1824 indicates
12th February
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Great little place! As for two up, two down, some modern houses are very small!
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and getting smaller…and no space outside. They call that progress….none too sure about that.
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Agreed!
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aw, i kind of like this setup
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Enchanting but I guess not enchanting to live in 🙂
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I’m a bit partial to open spaces, so I’d have trouble living in a cottage like that.
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Snap….. 🙂
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So more proof that people were mean to those who were down and out. Laws to keep them away.
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