. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . children;g is either the cook^s room, or a sleeping room for aman servant; h is the passage up to the house, i isthe dry larder, j is the butler^s pantry, with a strongroom for holding plate; this was intended to be asleeping room, k is the wine cellar, / the back stair-case which went from the lower floor to the attic, mis the principal staircase, and n a place for roof of this lower building was to be formed withflat girde
. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . children;g is either the cook^s room, or a sleeping room for aman servant; h is the passage up to the house, i isthe dry larder, j is the butler^s pantry, with a strongroom for holding plate; this was intended to be asleeping room, k is the wine cellar, / the back stair-case which went from the lower floor to the attic, mis the principal staircase, and n a place for roof of this lower building was to be formed withflat girders, and brick and tile in cement, making aterrace-walk above; the chimneys were taken up fromthe lower building to the higher one, as shown in theside elevation by the dotted lines. The kitchen, andthe whole of the basement, was to be paved with thebest Seyssel asphalte. It is laid on a solid foundation,on a thickness of ground lime. The objection tothe black and British asphalte for the interior ofrooms, is that a fine dust rises from it, which, in 236 A VILLA IN THE OLD ENGLISH WOODEN STYLE. sweeping, affects the eyes of the occupants of Ba»emeDt plan. The plan of the building was not intended to be inthe old style, but to be arranged, as far as possible, A VILLA IN THE OLD ENGLISH WOODEN STYLE. 237 according to modern notions, without any great hall,or stone screen within it. A noble stone porch was
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