. Villas and cottages . VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 305 DESIGN No. 31. PICTURESQUE STONE COUNTRY HOUSE. This design has been carried into execution for agentleman residing at Staatsburgh, on the HudsonRiver. The estate is of considerable extent, the drive-road, as it passes the house, being perhaps a third ofa mile from the entrance to the grounds. Still theactual building spot is somewhat limited in size, be-cause it was necessary to select an elevated situationcommanding the best views, and this happened to oc-cur in a part of the property which was not only veryvaried in surface, but entirely cove
. Villas and cottages . VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 305 DESIGN No. 31. PICTURESQUE STONE COUNTRY HOUSE. This design has been carried into execution for agentleman residing at Staatsburgh, on the HudsonRiver. The estate is of considerable extent, the drive-road, as it passes the house, being perhaps a third ofa mile from the entrance to the grounds. Still theactual building spot is somewhat limited in size, be-cause it was necessary to select an elevated situationcommanding the best views, and this happened to oc-cur in a part of the property which was not only veryvaried in surface, but entirely covered by a handsomegrowth of trees, which it was desirable to preserveuninjured as far as was compatible with a convenientarrangement of the plan. After much examinationof the different parts of the property, and due deliber-ation pro and con, for there were many points to be. discussed, the site that seemed the most appropriatewas ultimately determined on, and it then became aquestion how to suit the design of the house to theformation of the ground, and, so far as might be nec-essary, to adapt the site to the house. It seemedproper to make the plan nearly square, and without a 306 VILLAS AND COTTAGES. wing, for several reasons. In the first place, a suffi-ciently extensive arrangement for kitchen offices aboveground would have rendered it necessary to cut downseveral more of the trees, and this, as above remarked,was to be avoided, if possible. In the second place, awing must have blocked up the west or north views,which command the river, and are in every respectdelightful; or otherwise, as it could not come on thesouth or entrance front, it must have been placed onthe east, which is the first seen, and the most promi-nent at all times from the approach road. The groundwas so irregular and broken, moreover, that it seemedjudicious to aim at a varied outl
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