Desiring a stable which would give him room for four cows, three horses
and carriage room under one roof, Mr. C. H. Linville, of Baltimore,
Md., wrote and asked about enlarging the plan of a stable for a
suburban place, and wished to place the carriage room at the other end
of the stable, because the slope of the ground was such as to favor
getting the basement under that end in the location on which he desired
to build; the result was a re-drawing of that plan and presenting it as
given herewith. A comparison of these two plans will aid any intending
builder to change and adapt to his especial purpose such plan as he
prefers, but which may not be, as here presented, the best for him.
[Illustration: FIG. 49—A combined horse and cow stable.]
This stable is planned to be forty-eight feet long by twenty-five
feet wide, outside measure, and the space is so divided there is a
good seven by ten feet box stall and a good harness room in the horse
apartment; in the west end a grain room ten by twelve feet gives space
for four grain bins and the stairway up to loft opens out of this room.
The carriage room is sixteen by twenty-five feet, and the manure pit
is in the basement beneath this room; to prevent the escape of ammonia
from the manure pit into the carriage room a good cement floor should
be laid down.
This building is planned to be fourteen feet high to the plates and
twenty feet to the ridge, which gives liberal hay-lofts; should more
hay space be thought desirable we would carry side walls to sixteen or
eighteen feet height, six feet, or even five feet of height from plates
to ridge gives ample slope to roof where Paroid is the roof covering.
An ornamental cupola could easily be placed at the junction of the roof
of the gable with the main roof, and would aid in the ventilation of
the hay-loft.
[Illustration: FIG. 50—Floor plan.]
The partitions between the different divisions and about the stalls
give ample opportunity for studs to be set to support the hay-loft
floor excepting in the clear span over the carriage room, and the floor
stringers there should be doubly heavy to support the weight over so
large a space. Another way to gain the desired strength here would
be to tie the roof-rafters securely and carry the strain on hangers
dropped from the ridge; the three or four hangers necessary would
interfere but slightly with the hay storage space.