Page:An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture.djvu/579

 FARM HOUSES AND FARMERIES IN VARIOUS STYLES. 555 Besides, there are always the gable ends : and every farmery must have one of three things highly susceptible of architec- tural style ; viz. a shed to the gin-wheel of a threshing-machine ; a •water-wheel ; or a chim- ney to a steam-engine. Most farmeries have a boiUng-house ; and many have a ploughman's lodge ; both of which give rise to chimney-tops, which may always be rendered sources of con- ferring style. Neither should it be forgotten that there are such things as ventilators in the ridges of the roofs, respecting which the same remark may be made. As to the farm house, and the cottages of the married labourers which are com- monly to be found ad- joining the farmery; it is clear that, if the landlord wishes it, they can be rendered as beautiful as any other dwellings. But the grand feature of the modern farmery, on a large scale, is the chim- ney to the steam-engine ; and to its form we would particularly direct the at- tention of Architects, and tlieir employers ; and, also, that of the Highland Society, which among its other committees, ought to have one of taste. 1189. General Esti- mate. « This plan, ex- clusive of the carriage of materials and the prime cost of stones, will cost, if covered with slates, about £"1260; and, if covered with tiles, about £^1020." {Ibid.) Design XLIV. — A Farmery for a Farm of 150 Acres, hept in a Rotation of Crops and Pasture, producing Turnips and Potatoes; and employed partly in feeding and partly in breeding Stock. 1190. Accommodation, The ground plan, fig. 1089, shows a potato-house, a; house for storing turnips, b ; two cow-houses, c ; calf-house, d ; house for mare and foal, e; straw- barn, /"; dressing-barn, g ; machinery, h ; gangway, or inclined plane to the corn-loft, i; horse-course, 30 feet in diameter, and covered with a conical roof, k ; cart-shed, I ; hay- house, »ra ; stables, nn; spare house, o; poultry-house,/?; pigsty, 3 ; shelter-sheds, r ; and yards, s. 1191. Remarks. " This [)lan will afford all the accommodation that could be wished