We here give a perspective view of a capacious suburban residence,
showing the marked effects of light and shade produced by means of
Gothic gables on a building of a square plan. A hipped roof on such
a plain form would make a most uninteresting mass of heaviness.
The judicious addition of bay windows is always desirable in such
compositions; and the hooded gables give a pleasing quaintness to the
whole. We present, on next page the principal floor plan, which is
somewhat unusual in arrangement, but comfortable, as such form of house
is always sure to be.
A, The Porch, pierced on each side with open lights. B, the Hall, in
the form of an L, and receiving light from the roof. C, the Drawing
Room, with its capacious bay window. D, a Parlor. E, Library and Study.
F, Side Hall, with door, under stairs, communicating with passage
leading to study; (or, there may be a door opening directly into the
study from the side hall.) G, Private Stairs. H, Principal Stairs,
under which is a door communicating with the passage to study. I, the
Kitchen. J, Pantry. K, the Dining Room, with glass door leading out
into the Conservatory L.
[Illustration: SUBURBAN RESIDENCE.]
Few arrangements of plan can be more complete. Chimnies all in the
inner walls retain the whole of the heating within the house in winter.
And so thorough is the natural ventilation, by doors and windows, that
coolness is secured in the summer time.
Executed in stone, either hammered or rough rubble, with cut-stone
trimmings, this house would present a pleasing appearance. In pressed
brick, with stone trimmings, though not so consonant to surrounds of
shrubbery as in stone, it would yet be a neat object and tend much to
the embellishment of the outskirts of a city or village.
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