And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Nieby Crofters Cottage, a historic farmhouse located in South Schleswig, Germany.
Nieby Crofters Cottage was a former pigsty sitting at the edge of a nature reserve. Built by tenant farmers, the building had fallen into disrepair, prompting a major intervention by the architects that involved breaking down its façade, replacing its concrete foundation, and carefully rebuilding the brick walls and roof as close as possible to its original form. New windows were put in to illuminate the interiors which also benefited from a well-deserved rehaul: formerly dominated by clusters of tiny rooms, huge portions of the upper floor were removed to create dramatic double-height volumes over the kitchen and dining area.
Pretty setting.
ReplyDeletewhat came first, the house or the road?
ReplyDeleteI don''t know, but that house not sitting square to the road trips my OCD.
DeleteNieby Crofters Cottage, a historic farmhouse located in South Schleswig, Germany.
ReplyDeleteNieby Crofters Cottage was a former pigsty sitting at the edge of a nature reserve. Built by tenant farmers, the building had fallen into disrepair, prompting a major intervention by the architects that involved breaking down its façade, replacing its concrete foundation, and carefully rebuilding the brick walls and roof as close as possible to its original form. New windows were put in to illuminate the interiors which also benefited from a well-deserved rehaul: formerly dominated by clusters of tiny rooms, huge portions of the upper floor were removed to create dramatic double-height volumes over the kitchen and dining area.
Is that a road or a driveway?
ReplyDeleteGood one. Bet it is a long driveway!
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