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 FAIl.^r HOUSES AND FAIIMER1L:S TX VAllIOLS STYLES. 479 957 i»59 n u] 966. General Estimate. The actual expense of building this faimery, exclusive of the farm house, was ^-^1200; and, as it contains 168,560 cubic feet, the expense per foot is about l|rf. The actual cost of the farm house, with the kitchen court and offices, amounted to the same sum ; and, as these contain 86,704 cubic feet, the average per foot is S^r/., or thereabouts. 967. Remarks. This Design, also by Mr. Green, is for a Northumbrian farm which pays a rent of from i, 1200 to j£1400 a year ; the rent being partly paid in money, and partly in the value of the produce, chiefly corn, wool, and butchers' meat. The circum- stance of the threshing-machine being driven by water is favourable for the tenant, as requiring fewer horses. The cribs for the cattle in the fold-yards seem remarkably well executed, the posts being of stone. These cribs are two feet wide, and into them the turnips are thrown at one period of the day, and the straw at another. The stables are, as usual, divided into single stalls, and they are lighted by glass windows, which are always favourable for cleanliness. The house is spacious, and appears to contain most of the conveniences required. The connection of the dairy with the kitchen and back-kitchen is good ; biit the idea of a safe for meat in the dairy cannot be considered as favourable (see § 730). The manner in which the draining of the surface water of the yard is indicated is highly commendable, and ought to be generally adopted. The first points which should be settled, in determining the heights of the ground floors of any assemblage of bu' dings, are the levels of the underground and surface drainage. Disign XVII. — A Farm House and Farmery for Fourteen Ploughs, suited to the Noith- umbrian Husbandry. 968. Accommodation. Fig. 962 shows the general appearance of the whole ; fig. 96:3 is the ground plan of the farmery ; and fig. 960 the ground plan of the dwelling-house. The ground plan of the farmery shows a gig-house, a ; harness-room, b ; a stable, c, with a loft over it, and a man's sleeping-room over the gig-house and harness-room ; a foal-house, d ; bull-house, e ; two cow-houses, for sixteen cows, each pair separated by a partition,//; five hovels with fold- yards, g ; calf-house for twelve calves, h ; stable for a loose horse, i ; straw-house, k ; barn, I ; steam-engine house, m ; boiler-house, n • tool-house, o ; povdtry-house, p ; outside stair to the barn, q ; cart-shed, r ; cartwright's shop, s ; blacksmith's shop, t ; hay-yard, u ; stable for bailiff's horse, v ; bailiff's cottage, rv ; turnip-houses, x ; pig-houses, y ; kitchen-court of the farm house, z ; and rick-yard, §•. Fig. 960 is a ground plan of the dwelling- house, in which there are a lobby, a ; a dining-room, b ; drawing-room, c ; parlour, d ; office and library, e ; passage, /; kitchen, g ; back-kitchen, h; pantry, i; dairy, k ; wash-house, / ; place for ashes, m ; for coals, n ; best privy, o ; and servant's privy, p. Fig. 96 1 is a front elevation of the house. 969. Construction, Native freestone, Baltic timber, and Westmoreland slate are, as usual, the principal materials ; and the details of construction are common to all farmeries in Northumberland. We may remark, as not common, the practice of passing from one fold- 3 r 960 961