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 . thedepth and Increasing the length of the front. Wherehouses are backed by ranges of high hills, they appearvery diminutive by contrast, and it Is necessary tobring to our aid some stratagem by which this can beovercome. This building will be nearly one hundredand twenty-five feet front, yet have no more space InIt than many first-class residences we are continuallydesigning. The cost of the erection
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 . thedepth and Increasing the length of the front. Wherehouses are backed by ranges of high hills, they appearvery diminutive by contrast, and it Is necessary tobring to our aid some stratagem by which this can beovercome. This building will be nearly one hundredand twenty-five feet front, yet have no more space InIt than many first-class residences we are continuallydesigning. The cost of the erection of this buildingwill be about ^35,000, and It is Intended for the resi-dence of Mr. Caldwell, of the firm of Caldwell 81Loyd, Bankers, Tyrone. Firs^ Floor,—A, porch ; B, vestibule, 12 by 13 feet;C, library and reception-room, 13 by 16 feet; D,sitting-room, 23 feet 3 inches by 34 feet 6 Inches; E,hall, 12 feet wide; F, parlor, 18 by 46 feet; G, scul-lery, 12 by II feet 6 inches; H, kitchen, 16 by-18feet; I, stairs; J, dining-room, 16 by ^^ feet; K,porch. Height of first floor, 15 feet; second floor, 12 feetand 13 feet 6 Inches ; third floor, 10 feet and 12 feet 6 inches. (28) DESIGN FJRST FLUUK. (29) DESIGN V. SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. This design, with a Mansard-roof, is Intended for atown or suburban residence. It needs the associationof other houses, with small plantations between, andset some sixty feet back from the road, but shouldalways take a position on a line with others such a position, with well-trained grass, nicely-keptwalks, with a few terra-cotta jardinieres, furnishedwith flowering plants, a small fountain, with a fewwell-chosen bushes In the rear, forming clumps im-penetrable to the eye, set in such a manner as toform small vistas, but closing up the view before therear of the lot Is exposed, properly treated in thismanner, a degree of refinement will be thrown overthe whole that even the largest, most pretentious, orcostly houses may lack. The b
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