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  • The grannies with their pre-school charges, the children in school uniform and even the droves of summer tourists at the outside tables come not because of the 16th-century low-beamed ceiling or the long and colourful history of the dairy on this site.

    Ten of the best UK ice-cream sellers 2011

  • The village of Hurley has a handful of appealing pubs, including the Olde Bell, a low-beamed inn hung with copper kettles, parts of which date back to the 12th century.

    The 10 best waterside campsites 2011

  • He was still feverishly recording and discarding possibilities when he entered the low-beamed hall of the farm, and made his stiff and wary reverence to the prince across the rough trestle table.

    His Disposition 2010

  • Mann is recalling some of this history for me beside a log fire in the sitting room of his low-beamed riverside house in Bungay, near the Suffolk coast, to which the family moved in 1990.

    Sargy Mann: the blind painter of Peckham Tim Adams 2010

  • When Anthony opened the front door she followed him into the low-beamed living room with its white walls and black furniture: high-tech and low-fuss.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2002

  • Indeed, everything in his restaurant is brand-new, down to the walls and floorboards, but it feels much like an old New York pub, with low-beamed ceilings, bare brick, a mahogany bar, tungsten bulbs, a mosaic tile floor and French doors that open onto the street.

    Dining out with Moira Hodgson 2002

  • Indeed, everything in his restaurant is brand-new, down to the walls and floorboards, but it feels much like an old New York pub, with low-beamed ceilings, bare brick, a mahogany bar, tungsten bulbs, a mosaic tile floor and French doors that open onto the street.

    Dining out with Moira Hodgson 2002

  • When Anthony opened the front door she followed him into the low-beamed living room with its white walls and black furniture: high-tech and low-fuss.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2002

  • He led her down a long, low-beamed corridor to a small room at the back of the inn.

    No Man's Mistress Balogh, Mary 2001

  • Built of stonewood and other local woods, its low-beamed ceilings, massive tables and benches gave the appearance of great age and permanence.

    Pawns and Symbols Majliss Larson 2000

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