. 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 . rooms, divided one from the other by curtains hangingon a glazed screen; the length of the two rooms is42 feet, their breadth 15 feet. They are decoratedgaily in French style; the room c can be used as a 272 A SMALL COUNTRY RETREAT. study, but it is intended for a sleeping room; thekitchen / has a large larder h, but it would be desi-rable if the kitchen was formed a short distance awayfrom the building, and connected with it by a pass
. 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 . rooms, divided one from the other by curtains hangingon a glazed screen; the length of the two rooms is42 feet, their breadth 15 feet. They are decoratedgaily in French style; the room c can be used as a 272 A SMALL COUNTRY RETREAT. study, but it is intended for a sleeping room; thekitchen / has a large larder h, but it would be desi-rable if the kitchen was formed a short distance awayfrom the building, and connected with it by a passage;the rooms / and g could then be made into a bed anddressing-room. The wine cellar is at g, and a con-servatory i, is placed at the end of the Plan of one-pair. The elevation of the front of the building and thetwo sections show the general construction of theupper part of the house. This was in timber, theflues alone being of brick. The plan of the upper floor shows four rooms ; eachof the flues is supplied with its pedestal, so that shouldthe house be occupied in winter, these upper apart- A SMALL COUNTRY RETREAT. 273 ments could be kept vreW aired by tbe fires in thelower apartments^ without any attention from the ser-vants. The framing of the upper portion is correctlyshown in the section copied from the working drawing.
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