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46 unless it was intended from the first to be removable at the will of the owner.

There are several kinds of portable houses now provided by enterprising manufacturers, and amongst many good ones that known as the “Paxtonian,” the invention of Sir Joseph Paxton, is, perhaps, the best. Leaving the reader to select for himself the ready-made article, we proceed to show how portable houses may be constructed by village carpenters and handy amateurs.

The house represented pp. 45, 46, 47 was built by Messrs. Walker & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, for our correspondent, Mr. Lant, of Cottonstone, Barnard Castle. The ground plan and section will explain the whole construction. The house is twelve feet long and eight feet wide; the side lights five feet high from



the base; the roof ridge eight feet from the floor. There is an open space of two inches width for ventilation along the top line of the side lights, concealed by the zinc spouting, and another similar space along the ridge. Both these can be opened and closed at pleasure. The door panels and glass over door are on hinges, so as also to serve for ventilation. The interior is fitted with shelves two and a half feet wide. The house is heated from a boiler, which only holds a gallon of water, placed a foot deep below the surface of the soil. The hot-water pipes are two inches in diameter. The flue is a