Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United StatesWith rules for criticism, and introduction . GROUND PLAN, WITH LAWN PLAT. (47) DESIGN XIV. COUNTRY RESIDENCE. This design was drawn as a residence for a familyof moderate size. It Is Intended to be executed Inframe, with a roof of slate. The plans are quitesimple, and will explain themselves. At presentrange of prices It could be well built for ^3000. First Floor.— i, front porch ; 2, side porch ; 3, hall;4, parlor, 13 feet 6 Inches by 16 feet;
Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United StatesWith rules for criticism, and introduction . GROUND PLAN, WITH LAWN PLAT. (47) DESIGN XIV. COUNTRY RESIDENCE. This design was drawn as a residence for a familyof moderate size. It Is Intended to be executed Inframe, with a roof of slate. The plans are quitesimple, and will explain themselves. At presentrange of prices It could be well built for ^3000. First Floor.— i, front porch ; 2, side porch ; 3, hall;4, parlor, 13 feet 6 Inches by 16 feet; 5, library, 8feet 6 Inches by 9 feet 9 Inches; 6, dining-room, 13by 17 feet; 7, 8, closets; 9, kitchen, 12 by 12 feet 6inches; 10, porch. Seco7id Floor.—11, 12, verandas; 13, hall; 14,chamber, 13 by 13 feet 6 inches; 15, closet; 16,bath-room, 7 by 8 feet. (4^) DESIGN FIRST FLOOR. SECOND FLOOR. (49) DESIGN XV. SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. This design was drawn for John W. Thomas, Esq.,of Chelten Hills, near Philadelphia. The work wascontracted for by George Watson, Esq., builder, fora little less than ^50,0x30, and was built of Falls ofSchuylkill granite: the base being range-work, andthe whole superstructure of rubble-work, pointedwith white mortar, and lined by a neat black line,and all the wood-work outside painted and sandedto the color of Pictou stone. The building is con-sidered a very beautiful one, and has a grand andimposing appearance. The details were all drawnwith care and executed in a superior manner. Theinterior is grand, and executed chiefly in blackwalnut, finished without gloss. First Floor.—i, vestibule, 7 feet 6 inches by 10feet; 2, parlor, 17 feet 10 Inches by 33 feet; 3, hall,10 by 30 feet 10 inches; 4, sitting-room, 17 feet 10inches by 20 feet; 5, dining-room, 17 feet 10 inchesby 30 feet 10 Inches; 6, servants dining-room, 10feet 9
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