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Shire Library no. 758. ISBN-13: 978 0 74781 256 2

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COVER IMAGE

Bungalows are now a common housing type but the presence of a verandah was a distinguishing feature of early examples, like this one from Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Cover design by Peter Ashley, front cover photography by Nick Wright. Back cover: Illustration by Peter Ashley.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My thanks to Peter Kelly, Marian Parker, Nick Thomson, Dawn Crouch, Jennie Burgess, Fred Gray, Matthew Slocombe, Simon Tyrrell-Lewis of www.bricksandbrass.co.uk, Torquay Library, Martin Rogers, Charlotte Berry at Clarks Archive, Oliver Hilliam at CPRE Archive, Ken and Hazel Davies, Pamela Slocombe and Shirley Goulstone.

I would also like to thank the people who have allowed me to use illustrations, which are acknowledged as follows:

Birchington Heritage Trust Museum, pages 11 (bottom), 13 (top), 24 (top) and 48 (top); Andy Boyce/Cromer Preservation Society, page 16; www.bricksandbrass.co.uk cover, page 4; James Brazier, page 10; Campaign to Protect Rural England, pages 60 and 61; Christie’s Images/The Bridgeman Art Library, page 4; Peter R Kelly, page 8; The Landmark Trust, page 28 (bottom); Philippa Lewis/Edifice, page 25 (top and bottom); Kevin O’Doherty, page 41 (top). All other photographs are from the author’s collection.

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