Inexpensive rural cottages and buildings for small holdings . 14 directly into the living rooms, or tlic sculleries, or are placed in the centre ofthe cottages, where they are completely cat off from the proper means of venti-lation and light, or are sometimes in close proximity to the living-room stairs generally commence in the living rooms and hind at inconvenientpoints, so that space on the first Hoor must be sacrificed for passages or renderpassage bedrooms a necessity; and in addition are sometimes placed in thecentres of the houses, where they cannot be properly lighted or
Inexpensive rural cottages and buildings for small holdings . 14 directly into the living rooms, or tlic sculleries, or are placed in the centre ofthe cottages, where they are completely cat off from the proper means of venti-lation and light, or are sometimes in close proximity to the living-room stairs generally commence in the living rooms and hind at inconvenientpoints, so that space on the first Hoor must be sacrificed for passages or renderpassage bedrooms a necessity; and in addition are sometimes placed in thecentres of the houses, where they cannot be properly lighted or ventilated. That these defects are by no means exaggerated will be apparent froman iusj)ection of the plans illustrated on Plate I., which arc plans of commontypes of working mens dwc^llings Iniilt, I miglit say, all the country over,and which the reader will sec exhibit the defects I have just enumerated in amore or less marked degree. Figs. 1 and 2 are plans of a typo frequently built for artisans or workmenreceiving high wages. They contain a large cubi
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