Exterior, Wood Siding Material, Stone Siding Material, and House Building Type To integrate the former postman’s cottage with the new design, architect David Sheppard added a concrete column adjacent to an existing stone chimney and a new slate chimney “at the heart of the composition.” From this, the roof structure fans out; the small structure now serves as an anteroom.  Photo 2 of 13 in Ways to Use Limestone in the Home by Andrea Smith from A Transformed Postman's Cottage in England

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To integrate the former postman’s cottage with the new design, architect David Sheppard added a concrete column adjacent to an existing stone chimney and a new slate chimney “at the heart of the composition.” From this, the roof structure fans out; the small structure now serves as an anteroom.