Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds . the second floor of the kitchen wing are abath-room, near the main hall (which may be suppliedwith hot water by pipes leading to a boiler in the kitchenbelow), and three servants bed-rooms. There is also awater-closet at the end of the passage in this wing, thedischarge-pipe from which is concealed in the partition, ina closed trimk or chamber. 13: COTTAGE RESIDENCES. Tliis class of dwellings abroad is frequently coveredwith tliatcL, whicli has a pleasing rustic effect. But oursno
Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds . the second floor of the kitchen wing are abath-room, near the main hall (which may be suppliedwith hot water by pipes leading to a boiler in the kitchenbelow), and three servants bed-rooms. There is also awater-closet at the end of the passage in this wing, thedischarge-pipe from which is concealed in the partition, ina closed trimk or chamber. 13: COTTAGE RESIDENCES. Tliis class of dwellings abroad is frequently coveredwith tliatcL, whicli has a pleasing rustic effect. But oursnowy and changeable climate will soon destroy so frail amaterial, and it is therefore unfit for coveiing the roofs ofliuildings for habitation. Our best shingles, however,afford an excellent material for coveiiug roofs, and if thoseof good size and thickness are chosen, and shaped as wehave directed in a former page, they will have a pictu-i-esque and agreeable effect, and make a very durable roofwhen ])ainted with the cheap, coarse paint now so gene-rally used for this piupose. The roof of this cottage should. Fig. 58. 1)6 extended boldly, say two to three feet, to give forceand expression to the exterioi, and to protect the wallsfully. The ends of the rafters arc projected, so as to ap-jjear as visible supports at the eaves. A verge-boaId isshown on a lars-ei- scale in Fio-. .58. This would be suitaldefor the porch gable, and the others may be made simpler
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