Chalet Fields of The Gower : Working Press : 9781870736237 : 1870736230 : 04 Sep 2020 : This is a new 'pocket' edition with better quality photo reproduction and additional materials."A slump in agricultural profits in the Britain of the 1920s and 30s, and a consequent precipitous drop in the value of land, led to the growth of the "Plotland" movement.Enterprising farmers would divide their fields into small plots which would be rented out or sold outright at low prices to anyone wishing to build a small cabin or chalet on them. The sizes of the plots, and the facilities offered and conditions imposed varied from site-to-site, and what emerged was an eclectic vernacular, relying very much on found or re-purposed items to create buildings which ranged from essentially allotment huts to full-time dwellings. There was a strong independent, even politically radical streak amongst the plotlanders, and this, combined with the ad-hoc nature of construction led to them falling foul of the auth