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 26 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 52. General Estimate. Cubic contents, 19,040 feet, at 6d. per foot, £476; at Ad., £317 : 16i : 8d ; and at M., £238. 53. Expression. The tiles and the cornice of the chimney stack, give the elevaion of this Design, fig. 25, something of an Italian air ; and therefore, in addition to the expression 25 of purpose, this cottage may be said to have something of the expression of architectural style. The beauty of such a dwelling would be greatly heightened by the addition of a terrace parapet, and by ornamental chimney tops, fig. 26 ; and quite a different character might be given to it, by having the roofing a good deal flatter, and adding cantilevers, (pieces of wood framed into the side of a house, to support such mouldings as may be placed over them,) under the far projecting eaves, so as to form an Italian cornice. Chap. IL A Miscellaneous Collection of Designs for Cottage Dwellings, with Critical and Analytical Remarks. 54. The Designs which follow exhibit various modifications of all, or of several of the comforts and conveniences contained in each of the Model Designs, joined to various degrees