. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. . use erected in the ordinary way. Ornamenting the Eoof.—A good effect is produced on thesteep roofs of Gothic houses by cutting the shingles in certainpatterns before laying them. One of the simplest forms ismade by cutting the end of each shingle to a point, so as toform a diamond pattern when laid. The shingles must be ofgood quality and uniform width and These orna-mental shingles may also be used with good effect instead ofboards, for the outside covering of wooden cottages, formi
. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. . use erected in the ordinary way. Ornamenting the Eoof.—A good effect is produced on thesteep roofs of Gothic houses by cutting the shingles in certainpatterns before laying them. One of the simplest forms ismade by cutting the end of each shingle to a point, so as toform a diamond pattern when laid. The shingles must be ofgood quality and uniform width and These orna-mental shingles may also be used with good effect instead ofboards, for the outside covering of wooden cottages, forming awarm and durable wall. HousEB OF Two Stories. 95 SWISS design, like most otliers nepreseuting cottages andhouses in the Swiss style, and intended for execution in thiscountry lacks some of the peculiarities of the genuine Swisscottage, as it is seen in Switzerland. Both the external finishand the internal arrangements are necessarily modified, toadapt them to our climate and habits. The architect has,therefore, aimed to retain the general character of the style Fig. PebSPECTIVB VI3W merely, and to produce an efiect as little removed from that ofthe original chalit as the cii-cunistances permit. The plans require little explanation. A cottage of the di-mensions of this ouglit to have both front and back stairs, butto save expense we have made one flight serve in this front entrance is into a lobby, from which both the par-lor and the dining-room are entered. These rooms also openinto the stair hall, which is conveniently placed for daily use,and from which the kitchen is entered. The latter has also a?-eparate entrance, from the outside, tlirough the sink-room, A?3ellar under a part of the house would be snfilcieut. 96 The House. This design, executed in wood, will cost, according to thearchitects estimate, $2,300. Foundation or cellar walls to beeither stone sixteen inches thick, or of brick eight inches thick; Fig. 64.
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