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Cottage oven.

A view of a cottage slightly different in design but having rooms of the same size with similar accommodation, is given. This was intended for the same estate.

The vignette is an elevation of two lead pipes designed for an Elizabethan building in the country.

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Perspective view.

Ground-floor plan. .

THIS small building forms the outer lodge to a country park. It is finished in all its parts so as

Elevation of front.

to correspond in style and details with the old family mansion, and being a prominent object, standing in a cheerful position, each side was made pleasing. It is

Side elevation.

so placed that the sun during its daily course shines on all the exterior walls. Cottages should have no

Section through length.

dark corners, the sun should find entrance at all the windows whenever it is bright; the interior is then warm and cheerful. If the plan of a building is either

Cross section.

a square or a parallelogram, and it is placed on the ground so that one of its diagonal lines runs due north and south, the advantage of sunlight at all the openings is obtained, and this has been pointed out by several writers on the subject. The ground plan shows the general arrangement of the interior. The parlour and kitchen are both of the same size (14 feet by 11 feet); it has a small scullery, an open outside porch, and a place for coals; the larder with its window