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 COTTAGE DWELLINGS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 344 QOl p-^-,n,*.^%.- '345 Design LXII. — A Dwelling of Four Booms on Two Floors, with various Conveniences. 401. Accommodation. In the ground plan, fig. 345, there are a porch, a; kitchen, b ; back kitchen, c j parlour, d ; light bed-closet, e ; root-cellar and lumber room,/"; privy, g ; pantrj-, h ; and place for fuel, i. The stairs, k, lead down to a small cellar under e, and up to two good bed-rooms over d and b- 402. Construction. This dwell- ing, as an edifice, consists of three parts : one of these is two stories high, and contains the kitchen, the parlour, and the bed-rooms ; another is a lean-to, containing the smaller apartments on the ground floor ; and the third is the porch. The walls of the first part may be of brick or stone ; but those of the other two parts, being much narrower, ought to be built of brick, or of nogging ; or, if necessarily of stone, they should be double the thickness shown in the plan. The roof is covered ■with Grecian tiles, and all the flues are brought into one chim- ney stack. The door of the porch should be varied in position, according to the aspect of the entrance front, and to the prevailing winds of the country, as before directed. 403. General Estimate. Cubic contents, 11,692 feet, at 6d- per foot, j£292 ; 6s. 4d., £194 : 17s. : 4d, ; and at Sd-, £146 : 5s.