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 882 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1816. Construction. Fig. 1551 is the elevation of the entrance front, and fig. 1552 that of one end. The walls are of stone. The roofs are supported by corbel-stones. shown in fig. 1553 : the roofs have no gutters at the eaves, but there are lead gutters along the roofs, a little way above the eaves, which collect most of the water, and 10 F'- 1 I I I I I I I I I I carry it across the garrets to a central gutter, from which it descends by pipes at each end, after supplying a cistern above the level of the two upper water-closets. In houses of this kind the rooms on the basement are invariably arched over with masonry, which is not only an efficient defence against the spread of fire, but, in feudal times, must have added to the security of the family living in the floors above. In houses so constructed