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 202 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 404. Remttrk.i. On the supposition that this house is to be seen principally in front, we consider it liandsome ; though, if it were to be seen alike on every side, it would be the reverse. The front part of this dwelling consisting of two stories, and all the windows, both of the ground floor and of the bed-room floor, being in front, the lean- to containing the inferior apartments may be well considered as the subordinate part of the building ; whereas, in perfect designs, whatever meets the eye, whether in the back or front, ought to be noble. Placed on the outskirts of a wood, or half surrounded by an orchard, in the manner shown in fig. 260, § 280, it would be unexceptionable. Design LXIIL — Two Dwellings, of Two Rooms each, under One Roof. 40.5. Accommodation. In the ground plan, fig. .346, there are shown, for each of these dwellings, a porch, a; kitchen, b ; bed-room, c ; back kitchen, d ; pantry, e ; place for fuel, /■; and privy, g. 346 i "JF^ 3-J7 406. Construction. Nothing appears to require notice under this head, which may not be gathered from preceding designs ; we may remark, however, that porches of the kind here shown, in many parts of the country, might be covered with lead, cheaper than they can be with slate, because in each of these porches there is not only a gutter between the roof of the porch and the roof of the main body of the house, but four ridge pieces on the hips, which must be covered with lead. The clieapest way, however, would be to make the porches lean-tos, when no lead would be re- quired, but only boards at the sides. Chimney pots, such as fig. 347, on a scale of three quarters of an inch to a foot, may be used. 407. General Estimate. Cubic contents of both houses, 15,606 feet, at 6d. per foot, £390 : 35. ; at 4t/., £260 : 2«. ; and at Zd., £195 : Is. : 6d. 408. Remarks. This Design, like the preceding one, is chiefly calculated for being seen in front, and, on the whole, though it has no pretensions in regard to style, we think it satisfactory. Design LXIV. — Two Dwellings under One Roof, each Three Stories high, and having Three Rooms, and other Conveniences. 409. Accommodation. The ground plan exhibits an entrance porch, o ; w-ith a place for fuel or tools, 6 ; kitchen or living-room, c; back kitchen, d; staircase, e ; cow- house or root-cellar, f; dairy or pantry, g ; pigsty or dusthole, h ; and privy, i. Each of the chamber floors contains one good bed-room, k; and a landing from the stair, /. 410. Construction. The walls must necessarily be of brick, or of tooled stone; and the roof, being at a low pitch, should be slated. Should red harsh-coloured bricks be employed, they may be changed to a mellow tint, by a wash of quicklime, yellow ochre, and black ; or the efl'ects of time may be anticipated by a grey moss-coloured tint, com- posed of lime and black only. There is also a mode of imitating weather stains.