. Cottage houses for village and country homes. Fig. 94.—FRONT ELEVATION. five windows, and inside stairs to the first story. Hight of ceiling, 6J/2 feet First Story (fig. 98).—The hight of ceiling is 10 feet. The principal entrance is from theveranda through double doors to a hall which is nearlysquare, containing the main stairs, and connecting withthe drawing-room, library, and dining-room. The draw-ing-room extends the length of right side, with an archcrossing midway. A double window is placed in thefront, directly opposite a large open fire-place in the rear, FOR VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOME
. Cottage houses for village and country homes. Fig. 94.—FRONT ELEVATION. five windows, and inside stairs to the first story. Hight of ceiling, 6J/2 feet First Story (fig. 98).—The hight of ceiling is 10 feet. The principal entrance is from theveranda through double doors to a hall which is nearlysquare, containing the main stairs, and connecting withthe drawing-room, library, and dining-room. The draw-ing-room extends the length of right side, with an archcrossing midway. A double window is placed in thefront, directly opposite a large open fire-place in the rear, FOR VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOMES. with single windows at each side of the fire-place. Theside of the front section has a double window, and asingle window in the rear, extending to the floor, is ar-ranged as an entrance direct to the veranda. The libraryhas a bay-window in front and a double window at theside; the space under the stairs provides a direct passageto the dining-room. This room is spacious, and is light-. Fig. 95.—LEFT-HAND ELEVATION. ed by a cluster of windows occupying nearly one entireend. It has a small china closet, and adjoins the rearentry, or private passage, which is also fitted for thecaterers use. It will be observed that no kitchen is pro-vided for in this plan. A portion of the cellar may beconverted into a kitchen, if desired. In the SouthernStates it has long been the custom to have the kitchen ina detached building, in which are also the servantsrooms. While this has its inconveniences, it allows the 124 COTTAGE HOUSES house to be kept; much cooler, and avoids the odors fromcooking. Northern houses often have a detached kitch-en, for summer use only, and there may be conditionsunder which it would be desirable to use a detachedkitchen all the year. The design was originally madefor several cottages at a watering place, where the kitch-en and its attendant care and expense is entirely dis- fBlllil glEailll: Fig. 96.—RIGHT-HAND ELEVATION. pensed with in many instances
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