. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. . m X 14, and acloset, attached, over the din-ing-room ; a nursery, 16 X16, over the library; a bou-doir, X , over thehall, which leads to a balconyover the porch ; and two bed-rooms over the parlor, eachof which is furnished with acloset. The stairs leading to theSecond Floou Plan. tower are situated immedi- ately behind the nursery, and an additional closet may beformed under the stairs, if thought necessary. The nurserymay be formed into an octangular shape, if preferred, and fourc
. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. . m X 14, and acloset, attached, over the din-ing-room ; a nursery, 16 X16, over the library; a bou-doir, X , over thehall, which leads to a balconyover the porch ; and two bed-rooms over the parlor, eachof which is furnished with acloset. The stairs leading to theSecond Floou Plan. tower are situated immedi- ately behind the nursery, and an additional closet may beformed under the stairs, if thought necessary. The nurserymay be formed into an octangular shape, if preferred, and fourclosets obtained, as in the library. There are fire-places provided to the nursery and to the bed-room over the dining-room ; there may also be fire-placesobtained for two of the remaining bedrooms, namely, that overthe living-room and the adjoining one over the parlor; these,in the present arrangement, it is proposed to heat by means offlues, and for this purpose the flues from below arc gathei-edinto one shaft between the closets. The style is the English rural Gothic of the fifteenth
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