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 MODEL COTTAGES. ^5 a; passage from the back kitchen, b ; sunk are:i under the stair, to give head-room for attending the oven, c; oven, d ; water-box over it on a level with the kitchen floor, e ; flues " for heating the kitchen, /; platform, g ; natural surface, h ; lower bed-room, i ; larger loft, over, k ; closet, I; situation of openings to the false flue for ventilation, m n; cornice foi swallows, 0. 50. Construction. The walls are shown as of brick, and of the same tliickness as i" Designs I. and II. The floors of the kitchen and parlour are formed in the same manner as those in Design I., with flues for heating. The roof may be either covered with Italian tiles, fig. 23, or with Grecian tiles, fig. 24. In putting on either of these tiles, the broad tiles, a, are laid side by side, and the semi-cylindrical tiles, h, are bedded in mortar, or in cement, over the joints. The advantages of these tiles are, that they admit of a roof being made so flat, that it may be walked on, and used as a terrace ; while, at the same time, it is per- fectly water-tight, and of great durability, novelty, and characteristic beauty. In Staffordshire, these tiles are made from a stratum of clay, containing a large proportion of iron ; and when this clay is burnt, the tiles, or other articles formed from it, are almost as hard and heavy as cast-iron. The articles made from this clay are called terro-metallic. 51. Situation aud Aspect. This Design, from having the sleeping-rooms on the second story, is more particularly calculated for low, moist, shady or confined situations ; in which, how- ever, cottages should never be built if it can be avoided. By observing the position of the points of the compass in the ground plan (Design in.), it will be seen that the entrance porch is on the south-east ; and that the shelves for bee-hives front the north-east