The past survives

 When the industrial revolution took off in these parts the resultant pits, iron works and potteries together with the associated housing for works obliterated much of what was around even if settlement went back to the Middle Ages with Doomsday Book references even if many others have little history just enveloping the old settlements that left us with a vast conurbation.

Some places did have the odd building survive, and the case of this building despite being in the sprawl of post war suburban nondescript development at the edges of this city region, a Sixteenth Century cottage survives and indeed was carefully  restored around Thirty-five years ago with its tradition gardens.

Walking by it is just fascinating to look at.