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White-walled terraced cottages with dark tiled roofs and a barber shop on the corner of a quiet street in Melbourn.

1 – 3 Little Lane, Melbourn

1 – 5, Little Lane, Melbourn

History of 1 - 5 Little Lane

Two adjoining cottages with textured clay lump walls, a slate roof, and a thatched gable roof along a narrow village street.

Little Lane, Melbourn, cottage made of clay lumps

This cottage was in Little Lane, precise location unknown. made from clay bats, the walls needed to be sealed so were plastered with a mix of cow dung, horse hair and earth. If water penetrated the walls could collapsed suddenly.

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