Sod cottage of Mrs Mary Gilrea, Jurby

Date(s): 1897

Creator(s): Stubbs, F.W.

Place made: Jurby

Scope & Content: In this view the characteristic roof profile of this type of dwelling can be seen, where the domed ridge rises at the chimney end. There was usually no window and the hearth was often in the centre of the space with the smoke accumulating and cooling in the roof space before filtering out through the thatch, or via a smoke-hole or rudimentary chimney.
(Tutt, Patricia, 'An introduction to the architecture of the Isle of Man', 2013, p.13.)

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Language: eng

Extent: overall: 9.5 cm x 12 cm

Physical description: black & white print

Item name: photograph

Collection: Photographic Archive

Level: ITEM

ID number: PG/11782

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