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 FARM HOUSES AND FARMERIES IN VARIOUS STYLES. 475 Design XIV. — A Farm House and Farmery for a Farm of two Plouyhs, in the County of Northuiuberlaiid. 956. Accommodation. The general appearance is sliown in the isometrical view, p. 474 ; and the ground plan in fig. 949. The latter shows, in the dwelling-house, the parlour, a ; kitchen, b ; back- kitchen, c ; and dairy, d ; with two bed-rooms in the chamber floor, one over the kitchen, and the other over the parlour. The farmery contains a stable for four horses, e ; a hay- house, f; two cattle-hovels, g ; a barn and straw-house, h ; foal-house, i ; calf-pens, k ; cow-house for four cows, I ; cow-house for eight cows, m ; two fold-yards, n ; and stock- yard, 0. 957. Construction. Fig. 950 shows a section across the house, in which appears the manner of roofing, and also that the floors are paved. Fig. 951 shows a section across the stable, in which is seen the manner of construct- ing the partitions between the stalls, p ; and that the partition post, q, is let into a stone at the lower end, and at the upper end fixed to the tie-beam. The flooring of the stable is also shown per- fectly level, which is consistent with the most improved ideas on this subject. 958. Estimate. The total expense of erecting this farm- house and farmery was £550 ; /ijHMHni 1- -^ft [L_J a sum which will appear remarkably low to a London Architect : but it nnist be recollected, that, in N^orthumberland, freestone is generally found for the trouble of