| Old farmhouses lie abandoned throughout the country while thatched cottages are rare. |
| He was clapped through the Ribble Valley by residents who came out of their cottages and farmhouses to wave at the bus. |
| Along the rural lanes beyond Arambol, old farmhouses are enclosed in latticed palm shade. |
| Attractive Georgian farmhouses with land capable of earning a respectable income are always a sellable commodity. |
| The countryside is beautiful, with farmhouses and rice paddies in the valleys, surrounded by wooded hills and mountains. |
| Much of the stone of the wall has today been plundered for the building of farmhouses, outbuildings and churches. |
