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 DWELLINGS FOR FARM SERVANTS. 635 horticulture, but is a most judicious philanthropist. At our earnest request, he contributed this Design, and that which follows. Design V. — A double Cottage, intended for Farm Labourers, in Gloucestershire. 1349. Accommodation. The ground plan, fig. 1211, contains, for each cottage, a living-room, a, with oven, 6 ; staircase, c, down to the cellar and up to the bed-room ; back-house, d; place for fuel and tools, e; pigsty,/; and privy, g. The chamber-floor, fig. 1212, contains two good-sized bed-rooms, though without fireplaces, h h ; and a stair- case, i. Fig. 1213 is a front elevation; fig. 1214, an end elevation; and fig. 1215 a perspective view. 1350. Descriptive Remarks, and Estimate. This Design, also sent us by Mr. Charles Lawrence, was intended to be erected on an estate under his management. With these Designs he has sent us the following remarks, with a form of agreement and specification for building them combined. " These cottages will appear to you small ; but I can assure you they are deemed magnificent dwellings by the labourers placed in them, who are objects of envy among their brethren. They are extremely pleased with the con- venience of them, and especially with the cellar, which enables them to stow away their potatoes, carrots, parsneps, &c., out of the reach of frost or depredation. Such cottages would be commonly let at £5 or £6 ; but we have let them at 52s. per annum ; con- ceiving that, in such cases, the capacity of the tenant to pay is the more fit criterion in assessing the rents for labourers, than the sum of money expended. I saw, about two years ago, various calculations of the expense of living in labourers' families, and of the