THE FiiOEAL WOELD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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ai'chitect into the end of the bed-room, 

 and answers the double purpose of fur- 

 nishing hght and ornament. The whole 

 length of the building is 32 feet, width 

 12 feet, height of walls inside about 8 feet, 

 and to the cauopy of the ronf 11 feet. 

 The size of the sleeping-room is 10 feet 

 by 12 feet ; bed-i-oom, 11 feet by 10 feet ; 

 kitchen, 9 feet by 10 fset. We come now 

 to the actual cost. Making 300 clay 

 lumps, at 3?. 6d. per hundred, £1 8s. ; 

 laying ditto, at 2s. 6d. per hundred, £1 ; 

 thatching, £1 16s. ; glass for windows, 

 6s. 6d. ; glazing, and putty, 5s. ; wood for 

 doors, and making doors and window- 

 frames, £1 !■>'. ; rough wood for rafters 



Roman ochre. The architraves to be 

 merely chamfered on each edge, to cor- 

 respond with the skirting and panelling of 

 the rooms. The door-skirting, and other 

 wood-woi'k inside, may be stained with 

 Stephens' oak stain (asphaltum dissolved 

 in alcohol), or by applying umber dissolved 

 in beer, and afterwards well sizing and 

 varnishing. I have enclosed two views of 

 a picturesque little cottage atHaudsworth 

 near Birmingham. The one sketch shows 

 the front of the cottage. The roof of 

 thatch projects over, supported by posts 

 and rustic wood-woi'k. On each side of 

 the entrance is a light trellis of wood for 

 the purpose of trailing flowers. The 



and tliatchiiig, lO.y. ; rails, and forming i 

 roof, 12s. ; claying and whitewashing, ; 

 £1 ; chimnev-pots, 12.s. ; making a total I 

 of £8 lO.y. G(^." I 



An irregular style of architecture is ■ 

 now generally adopted for English cottages. 

 In the old style the buildings should be 

 constructed with framed quarterings, pro- 

 perly and securely fixed upon, or let into a 

 stone plinth, brick nogging being intro- 

 duced between the quarterings. The in- 

 side to be properly plastered, and t,he 

 outside between the quarterings also plas- 

 tered and rough-cast ; the whole of the 

 timbers are to be coloured, in imitation of 

 oak, with a composition of coal-tar and 



second sketch shows the end of the same 

 cottage, with tlie pantry and wash-house. 

 The iron window-cases might be filled 

 with coloui'ed glass at a trifling expense. 

 Rockery, and other ornaments, adorn the 

 entrance. As I perceive that I shall take 

 up too much of your valuable space, I 

 must conclude. 



Willia:*! Haeeis, 

 Swiss Cottage, Birchfield, Birmiiit/ham. 



[We are too apt to forget the wants 

 of the poor man iu our plans of construc- 

 tion and decoration, — why should not the 

 labourer's home be a " Home of Taste," 

 commensurate with his means and desires.] 



