The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. 131.—Pc? •^pectne. us, the principal feature of the exterior is the convenience of the plan, opening as itthe covered balcony over the entrance does out of the two principal chambers ofporch, which, by its depth of shadow, gives the house, and affording comfort and re-boldness to the front, and adds much to tirement to the occupants. In winter, it Rogers^ Hyhrid. 325 may be shut in by a glass front, and -willform then a very pleasant little conserva-tory—a luxury which houses of this sizeseldom afford. The front door is shielde
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . Fig. 131.—Pc? •^pectne. us, the principal feature of the exterior is the convenience of the plan, opening as itthe covered balcony over the entrance does out of the two principal chambers ofporch, which, by its depth of shadow, gives the house, and affording comfort and re-boldness to the front, and adds much to tirement to the occupants. In winter, it Rogers^ Hyhrid. 325 may be shut in by a glass front, and -willform then a very pleasant little conserva-tory—a luxury which houses of this sizeseldom afford. The front door is shielded by a broadhood, and the stoop has seats protected bya railing at the sides. The front entry. No. 1, is five feet bynine, and opens into the living-room, No. 2,twelve feet by seventeen ; this opens intoa pantry, No. 3, which is fitted up withsink, cupboards, shelves, and other conve-niences. No. 4 is the parlor, twelve feet. Fig. 132.—Ground Plan. square; and No. G is a large closet or pan-try, opening out of the parlor, and fittedup with shelves and drawers. The cellar stairs descend from the pantry,and the cellar has coal and wood bins, andhanging shelves, &c., &c. In the secondstory are three chambers, one over the par-lor, and two smaller ones over the living-room. Each has a closet attached, and thetwo front ones open upon the balcony be- fore mentioned by means of French case-ment windows. In one of the designs to which this planwas adapted, an extra chamber was madein the place of the covered balcony, andthe exterior was finished otherwise in amore ornamental manner. The second storyprojected over the first about ten inches,and was finished in the vertical and batten-ed manner, the boards being all reduced toa uniform width, and the lower ends, whichprojected over, were sawn in an ornamentaldrop pattern. The principal story exterior was coveredwith shingles, also cut to a pattern, andnail
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