. The Architectural magazine. on-tains a porch (r/), kitchen(/>), parlour (r), light closet(r/), pantry {c\ a staircase(y) to two good bedroomsabove, and to a cellar underthe parlour below; also anopen shed (^) for fuel. Aprivy for women and chil-dren is at //, and one formen at i. The oven in thekitchen is shown large, tosuit the description of fuelin general use by cottagers,viz. fatrfTot wood. We haveshown, in our Manual ofCottage Gardening, how thisfuel may be grown by everycottager for himself; andalso how, by placing the oven in a cellar under the sittinir-room, the waste heat mighttr
. The Architectural magazine. on-tains a porch (r/), kitchen(/>), parlour (r), light closet(r/), pantry {c\ a staircase(y) to two good bedroomsabove, and to a cellar underthe parlour below; also anopen shed (^) for fuel. Aprivy for women and chil-dren is at //, and one formen at i. The oven in thekitchen is shown large, tosuit the description of fuelin general use by cottagers,viz. fatrfTot wood. We haveshown, in our Manual ofCottage Gardening, how thisfuel may be grown by everycottager for himself; andalso how, by placing the oven in a cellar under the sittinir-room, the waste heat mighttravei-se under the kitchen floor in brick flues, and thus warm thewhole house. The roof is covered with pantiles; but if this building wereimitated in America, or in any country where wood is substi-tuted for tiles, it would be found, from the high pitch of theroof, particularly well adapted for shingles. Where stone wasnot plentiful, the lower part of the walls might be of brick ormud, on a foundation of brickwork or Art. hi. Modes of Architectural Representation: — Models, Gcn-mrlricnl Dratvings, and Perspective Drawings. By W. , Esq. (^Continuedfrom p. 459.) Elevations do not afford so much matter for remark as thepreceding class of drawings, save in regard to the degree ofeffect attending the different modes of executing them ; the samefeatures being shown one way as another. For engraving archi-tectural subjects of this description, outline has, of late years, Models^ Geometrical Dmrvings. Persj>ectixe Drajoings. 535 been most generally adopted ; and, independently of the econo-mical considerations which recommend it, it certainly possessesone peculiar and important advantage; namely, the extremeprecision of form which it admits, and the clearness with whichthe minutest details can be expressed; whereas, when shadowis added, this perspicuity can no longer be fully preserved ; norcan very nice measurements be taken from a shadowed elevation,unless it ha
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