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 COUNTRY INNS AND PUBLIC HOUSES. 685 1308 be executed in almost any part of England, in a plain and substantial manner, for the above sum. 1437. Remarks. " The style here attempted is Italian, the principal features of which are the Tuscan colonnade, and the projecting eaves. These, with the broad-capped chim- neys, give to the house a comfortable and sheltered appearance. The windows have no decided character ; but it is presumed they harmonise with the building, at least sufficiently so to produce the effect required. The site would be better if elevated on a platform ; the advantages gained by which should never be overlooked, where it can be applied : but, if this erection were placed by the side of a road or street, its application would be a difficult matter. This, however, is entirely dependent upon circumstances ; and, if the situation admitted it, a raised terrace should be introduced, which would add greatly to the general effect of the whole." This Design has been sent us by M. E. Hadfield, Esq., of Doncaster ; and all the preceding observations are by that gentleman. All the liberty we have taken is confined to the title; and that is, to designating the inn as in the Anglo-Italian style, which we have done on account of the Gothic labels over the windows, and the mullions and transoms in them. We like the chimney-tops, though we are not sure that the projection all round them will be in favour of the draught of the chimneys : but this fault is not peculiar to Mr. Hadfield. A practical philosopher observes, on this subject, " Many of the designs for chimney-tops and pots which occur in your work appear to me to be liable to objection, from their being so massive, at the orifice of the summit, that the wind will be thrown into eddies by them ; which, in chimneys of uncertain draught, may interfere with tlie free discharge of the smoke. I apprehend, that, whatever may be the form of termination which may be adopted for chimney-tops, the last portion of them should approach, as nearly as can be, to a thin tube, which may interfere as little as possible with the flow of the external air, which is to carry away the smoke laterally. I mean, that, whether in a simple chimney, or in a group of chimneys, the termination should be like that shown at a in fig. 1308, rather than that shown at b." These observations of our correspondent are very im- portant ; and the soundness of his opinion seems to be confirmed by the fact, that the great majority of chimney-pots, in every part of Britain, are formed of thin earthenware tubes, or tubes of iron, copper, or zinc. It must be confessed, however, that there are many broad far projecting chimney tops, for example in Switzerland, and in the lake districts of England, the flues of which appear to dravv very well ; and that, let a chimney be built and terminated as it will, very little can be affirmed, by the builder or Architect, till it has been tried, as to whether it will draw or not. With regard to this alehouse, as a whole, we think the interior arrangement good, and the effect not bad ; though it does not possess any strong expression of style. Gothic labels, or, indeed, labels or drip mould- ings of any sort, under a far-projecting roof, we disapprove of, for reasons already given, §476. Design IV. — Jin Inn in the Italian Style. 1438. Accommodation. The general appearance is shown is fig. 1309, and the ground plan in fig. 1310. In the latter are shown an entrance-hall, a ; bar, h ; kitchen, c ; ante-room for stranger guests, before they are shown to their apartments, d ; public room, e ; back-kitchen, f; dairy, g ; place for fattening poultry and rabbits, h ; brewhouse, i ; store-room, and boiling-house for horse-food, k ; hay-room, / ; coach-houses, m ; fod- dering-bay or hay-room, m; pigsties, o; stabling for nine horses,^; assembly-rooms, g, r ; and ante-room, s. 1439. Construction. The walls may be of brick or stone; the floors of cast-iron girders, tied and braced with wrought iron, supporting flat brick arches ; and the roof of iron framing, covered with Peake's Grecian tiles. 1440. General Estimate. The cubic contents of this building are 221,940 feet ; which, at' 6d. per foot, will give, as a guess price, ^5548 : IO5. 1441. Remarks. The plan of this inn is from the portfolio of Mr. Kempshot, a Lon- don Architect, who has built numerous public houses, and also some country churches, and one or two mausoleums. The elevation is by Mr. Robertson, and we think that our readers will agree with us in opinion that it does him great credit. There is one point in which this Design is deficient, but which might be very easily remedied ; and that is, there is no place to drive under, and take up or set down company, during