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 162 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTLIIE. 319. Expression. Though we like the arrangement of this building in the interior, yet we by no means approve of the external expression. The projection of the roof at the eaves, which is here two feet, does not belong to the Gothic style ; and to place 299 labels over windows immediately under a far-projecting roof, is, in point of use, superfluous ; since the original intention of labels was to throw off the rain from the windows, which is here already done by the eaves. The pitch of the roof is much too low for the Gothic or old English cottage, and is by no means suited for the ornamental barge-boards at the gable ends, which are never seen but against the ends of steep roofs. The windows ought to be of more lofty proportions, more especially as it appears by the section that they might be carried at least one foot higher ; and, if they were lowered one foot, the window shelf would not be too low for use. The chimney tops rise out of the roof without any preparation, which is aways objectionable ; and we do not think the position of the steps to the terrace particularly fortunate. If we were to alter the ground plan, as in fig. 297, a very commodious and convenient cottage would be produced, and the elevation might then either be in the Italian, or modern style, as in fig. 300, or in the Gothic or old English manner, as in fig. 301. .301