. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. Choice of a Site for Building 29 able, since no w indow, nor hardly any brick wall, will keep out the wet where a front is exposed to the south- west ; for this reason, it has been found necessaiy, in many places, to cover the walls with slates, and to use double sashes to the -windows so situated. If we had only one front or one aspect to consider, our diffi- culty would soon vanish ; but the prevailing partiality " 2dly—the aspect due east is not much better, be- cause there the sun onl}- shines whilst we are
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. Choice of a Site for Building 29 able, since no w indow, nor hardly any brick wall, will keep out the wet where a front is exposed to the south- west ; for this reason, it has been found necessaiy, in many places, to cover the walls with slates, and to use double sashes to the -windows so situated. If we had only one front or one aspect to consider, our diffi- culty would soon vanish ; but the prevailing partiality " 2dly—the aspect due east is not much better, be- cause there the sun onl}- shines whilst we are in bed. "3dly—the aspect due west is intolerable, from excess of sun dazzling the eye through the gi-eatest part of the day. "Hence we may conclude, that a square house, placed witli its four sides opposite the cardinal points, will have one good and three bad for variety of prospect seems to require that in eveiy direction the views should be retained ; and as the opposite side must be parallel, and the comers, and right angles, we must consider the effect on each of the four sides. " 1st—the aspect due north is apt to be gloomy, because m; sunshine ever cheers a room so placed. " Let us now consider the effect of turning tlie prin- cipal front towards the south-east In this case the .opposite front will be to the north-west, an aspect far better than either due north or due east, because some sunshine may be preser\-ed when its beams aie less potent than in the west, and the scene will be illuminated by those catching lights, so much studied. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, S. Marshall & Co
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