Welcome to visitors from Show Off Your Cottage Monday (I'm showing off other peoples cottages today!)
Spring has come early. Today was just glorious - sunny and mild. What better way to celebrate the new season to come than a trip to the beautiful Suffolk countryside? The gentle landscape is in contrast to the colourful cottages that the county is so well known for. My trip took in the pretty little town of Clare - a lovely place for a browse.
But I promised you some lovely cottages this week. I don't think these will disappoint! I wanted to capture the special beauty of the cottages in this part of the country. The nearby village of Stoke by Clare has a collection of some of the most colourful cottages imaginable. Feast your eyes on these beauties...
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These cottages are constructed with wattle and daub and the plaster is typically decorated with pargeting.
Beautifully crafted timber
Thatch foxes creeping along the rooftop!
Aren't they gorgeous? Do you have a favourite colour?
They are all gorgeous in their own way.
ReplyDeleteThere is something so lovely about a white cottage with a door that pops!
Although the rows of cottages all in different pastel colours are lovely, too! Is it possible to have a bad cottage?!
So lovely. I adore the thatched foxes!
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Lorilee
Oh I do have my favorite: the white with the thatched roof. The cottages are so romantic band beautiful. I want so badly to walk those streets. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a good area of the country to explore on your planned trip!
Deletethis is one of my favourite roads, from cambridge to clare and onto long melford....just beautiful villages and houses.
ReplyDeleteIt is a glorious drive and Long Melford is picture postcard perfect
DeleteBeautiful cottages, Louise, they are all so gorgeous !
ReplyDeleteWe have nice weather too, the birds are singing, it sounds like Spring :-)
Enjoy your weekend,
Sylvia
you came to Suffolk?! hope you liked it! Ihavent been to Clare for ages. That's the famous 'Suffolk Pink' colour :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a regular visitor to Suffolk. I love the sleepy, 1950s England, feel about it.
DeleteHi, Luoise, I also like you, follow Barnaby for the cottages rather than the stories. I like it very much! See you soon
ReplyDeleteI have relatives that live in the Dorset and Hampshire area. I'm your newest follower. visit me at everylittlebirdie.blogspot
ReplyDeleteCherrio
Absolutely beautiful! I wish I was there :) I love the pale yellow and the green. Thankyou for sharing!
ReplyDeleteJennelise