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 132 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. One hundred and five feet lineal of staff" beads, three times painted in oil Twenty-seven feet of handrail, three times painted in oil Two hundred and twenty-nine feet six inches of skirting, four inches high, three times painted in oil Sixty-seven feet nine inches of torus skirting eight inches high, three times painted in oil and flatted Twenty feet of torus skirting, three times painted in oil Ten lights, five casements, three times painted in oil Twenty saddle-bars, three times painted in oil Nine shutter-bars, three times painted in oil Three newels, three times painted in oil Sixty balusters, three feet long, tliree times painted in oil Twelve dozen and a half of squares and frames three times, painted in oil Four dozen squares and frames, three times painted in oil, and flatted Sixteen dozen and a half of squares and frames four times, painted in oil Ten lights, five casements, and five stay irons, four times painted in oil £98: 8 : I '255. Summari/ of Estimates. Excavator, Well-digger, and Bricklayer 362 : 6 : 4 Plasterer 64: 9:10 Slater 41:17 : O Stone Mason 53 : 6 : 8 Carpenter, Joiner, and Ironmonger > 441 : 8 : 8 Plumber, Painter, and Glazier 98 : 8 : 1 i^'IOGl: 16 : 7 254. Architect's Fee. The above sum is exclusive of the Architect's fee, which, for small buildings, is generally 5 per cent on the amount, independently of a sum charged for the drawings ; say, in the case of a cottage, ^'10, or upwards. In the case of larger buildings, say such as amount to jflOOO, or upwards, the Architect is content with his commission and travelling expenses ; for which he supplies all the working drawings as the work is going on, and visits it from time to time. When plans are made for any building, and the work is not executed, a charge is made according to the value of the drawings. In many, perhaps in most, cases of very large buildings, a clerk of the ■works, resident on the spot, furnishes most or all of the working drawings, under the occasional direction of the architect, who in this case receives a smaller commission, or a certain sum per annum while the work is going forward. 255. An Estimate for this design, formed on the cubic contents, will serve in some measure as a guide for the price per cubic foot, at which dwellings so carefully finished and ornamented as the present, should be calculated. The number of cubic feet in De- sign XXXII. is about 32,000 ; which, at 7|rf. per foot, amounts to ^1060. If we add a fartiiing per foot for the Architect, we shall have about ^' II 30 as the cost of this cottage, and Sd. as the rate per cubic foot, at which such cottages should be calculated, in a general or guess estimate. 256. Remarks. This Design conveys the expression of a comfortable, and even ele- gant dwelling. There is much of style in its external details, and yet we cannot point to any particular manner as its type. Its contributor, says, " I do not know what style it can be said to be in ; it is of so complicated a nature in its details, that I know of no term which expresses their general result. Were I requested to analyse its component parts I should give it as my opinion that the gables resembled those of the Italian style ; the balustrading and galleries, the Flemish or German manner ; and that the large pro- jecting eaves partake of the Swiss character. I say this with due deference to Architects who have visited foreign countries, for my ideas are derived from books alone. The hood over the entrance door is somewhat similar to those made use of in the Berkshire farm buildings. Whatever may be said of the kind of style exhibited in Mr. Varden's Design, all our readers, we think, will agree in the praise which we have already (§231 and 233) bestowed on it. The effect of the whole is highly picturesque, and nothing seems wanting to render the dwelling complete. Considering the numl)er of rooms, the decorations, &c., it certainly cannot be considered an expensive structure, for the neighbourhood of London. A very good situation for it would be the north side of a public road, with a lawn in front, fig. 247 (on a scale of about forty feet to an