. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . front elevation. having on one side three large windows, with a ledgeor stand for flowers. It was proposed to panel itentirely with oak, and have an ornamental ceilingsimilar to that in the drawing-room, with a pendant 170 A SMALL COUNTRY RECTORY. in the centre. The section is taken through thedrawing-room^ staircase, and kitchen, and shows theform and height of the rooms above ; also the stonestairs to the cellars. It will be seen tha
. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . front elevation. having on one side three large windows, with a ledgeor stand for flowers. It was proposed to panel itentirely with oak, and have an ornamental ceilingsimilar to that in the drawing-room, with a pendant 170 A SMALL COUNTRY RECTORY. in the centre. The section is taken through thedrawing-room^ staircase, and kitchen, and shows theform and height of the rooms above ; also the stonestairs to the cellars. It will be seen that the walls rest upon a concrete. Details of siMe ornaments. foundation; the scale is too small to show the damj)course or the ventilating bricks, as previously described(see page 159). The chimneys are shown carried upnine inches square, excepting the kitchen chimney,that being 14 inches by 9. The staircase was to havea plain Elizabethan iron railing, and the whole of the A SMALL COUNTRY RECTORY. 171 wood-work to be coloured and grained oak; the roofwas to be covered with slate, these requiring a lesssolid base ; ornamental ironwork crowned the summitof the principal roof over the staircase. An illustra-tion of the front of the building is given on page169. The figures on page 170 illustrate various kinds of
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