I yearn to visit Falling Water too. I often imagine walking quietly through its spaces and feeling that sense of peace that its images imbue in my mind.
Oh this sounds like a very interesting, creative project Yasmin. Good luck with the Council. Looking forward to hearing about your renovation journey 😀
I lived in my previous home over 20 years and wrote about some research into its history. It was built in the 1790s as a weaver’s cottage and one condition of the lengthy feu document was that the owner wasn’t allowed to have a retting pond (for soaking flax stalks, a smelly part of the linen making process).
That's interesting Felicity. I've never lived in a building quite that old and also never heard of a retting pond. Where were you? I assume that this cottage industry, making linen, was a regional employment.
I was further down Strathearn (west of Perth) then. Weaving was a widespread cottage industry that grew in importance as people shifted off the land into villages. It was killed by the establishment of industrial water-powered weaving mills, such as at Stanley on the Tay and in Blairgowrie. Its loss helped fuel emigration.
I fell in love with Falling Water when I visited so am really looking forward to seeing more of your project!
I yearn to visit Falling Water too. I often imagine walking quietly through its spaces and feeling that sense of peace that its images imbue in my mind.
I so wish I could see Falling Water in real life. It’s on the wish list.
At the moment I don’t have a date but I’m packing again so I’m ready for the work to begin!
Oh this sounds like a very interesting, creative project Yasmin. Good luck with the Council. Looking forward to hearing about your renovation journey 😀
I lived in my previous home over 20 years and wrote about some research into its history. It was built in the 1790s as a weaver’s cottage and one condition of the lengthy feu document was that the owner wasn’t allowed to have a retting pond (for soaking flax stalks, a smelly part of the linen making process).
That's interesting Felicity. I've never lived in a building quite that old and also never heard of a retting pond. Where were you? I assume that this cottage industry, making linen, was a regional employment.
I was further down Strathearn (west of Perth) then. Weaving was a widespread cottage industry that grew in importance as people shifted off the land into villages. It was killed by the establishment of industrial water-powered weaving mills, such as at Stanley on the Tay and in Blairgowrie. Its loss helped fuel emigration.
I think of our barn which was once the sugar shack. Which has me thinking of the pasture which was once thick with trees.
The wisteria is so beautiful.
Thanks for your restack Jon!