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 COTTAGE DWELLINGS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 250 one side, and that, of course, the south ; if it stood north and south, then the door of the south porch ought to be on the south side ; and that of the north, on either the east or west, which ever may be considered the mildest aspect. Fig. 251 shows the back eleva- tion of these cottages, which will be found as handsome as that of the principal front, though differently composed. This also is a test of excellence in architecture. When- ever any one side of a building is not as good in architectural design as another side, it may infa.libly be considered as a proof of either poverty of invention or neglio-ence in the Architect ; or of want of means or of spirit in the employer. On the whole, for cheap and yet elegant cottages of the lowest degree of accommodation, we can recommend this improved version of Design XXXIII. as equal to any thing which has been yet given in this work. In a recent number of the Gardeiiers Magazine (vol. viii. p. 263), we have animadverted on the miserable hovels of one room, recently built on the Duke of Buccleugh's estate in Dumfriesshire ; and on some still more wretched habitations, built along the coast in Wigtonshire. We would recommend to the amiable Duchess of Buccleugh to advocate the substitution of dwellings like those before us, for the cottages to which we have referred, on her husband's estate. Design XXXIV A Cottage Dwelling of Tiro Rooms, intended as a Gale Lodge 261. Accommodation. In the ground plan of this Design, fig. 252, there is akitchen, a ; with a bed-room, b; a light 252 closet to the bed-room, c ; a bed closet from the kitchen, d ; and a pantrj', e, 262. Construction. The exterior walls may be of earth or stone ; and the interior of brick nogging flat, with the exception of the chimney stacks. The pitch of the roof being low, it must be covered with slates, or with Grecian or Tuscan tiles. 263. General Estimate. Cubic contents, 7770 feet, at 6d, per foot, j£ 194/. : 5s. ; at 4f/., j£'I29 : s. ; and at Sd., i.97 : 2s. : 6d. 264. Remar];s. The ex- pression is simple and api)ro-
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