. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . Plan of capping. of the dwelling could not then have cared much forreturn smoke in their rooms; which in these largeflues, with coal as fuel, must have been Plan of base. and could only be obviated or prevented by thenumerous cold draughts of air permitted to passthrough the interior of the building. A DOUBLE COTTAGE AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. 77 The plan of this building was adapted from a veryfavourite one of the late Sir John
. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . Plan of capping. of the dwelling could not then have cared much forreturn smoke in their rooms; which in these largeflues, with coal as fuel, must have been Plan of base. and could only be obviated or prevented by thenumerous cold draughts of air permitted to passthrough the interior of the building. A DOUBLE COTTAGE AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. 77 The plan of this building was adapted from a veryfavourite one of the late Sir John Soane. He erectedit at Wimpole, in Cambridgeshire, for the Earl ofHardwicke, in 1794. It had a very plain exterior,and the roof was covered with thatch, a very commonmode with architects at that time, but now objectedto from the serious evil of its harbouring numerousinsects—indeed at times they render the buildingalmost untenantable. The walls of the cottages atWimpole were built in Pise, or with clay and finegravel, properly prepared and beaten down in amould. Each wall was three feet in thickness, thefireplaces and chimneys were of brick. Every open-ing was covered with strong wood lintels, the wholewidth of the walls, and two feet longer than theirrespective openings. The walls stood on brick foundations two feet ab
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