404 Labourers' Cottages, 



the cottaofe should be surrounded by an ample garden, divided into 

 two portions, the smaller in front, and the principal one behind 

 the cottage. Where this arrangement can be carried into effect, 

 we consider it much more convenient and desirable than an allot- 

 ment of land in a distant field. 



The garden in front for raising vegetables, with a small plat for 

 flowers, should contain about 20 perches. A garden of this size, the 

 labourer, generally speaking, can easily manage at his vacant hours. 



The principal garden, for the cultivation of the potato, may vary, 

 according to the circumstances of the occupier, from a rood to half 

 an acre ; beyond which size it is very rarely advisable it should be 

 extended, as interfering with the duties of the daily labourer. 



Plan No. 1. 



Descjnption. — A. Is the porch, entered by two steps, forming an ascent of 12 inches, 

 and from wliich tliere is a separate entrance to the front and back kitchens. 



B. The back kitchen or scullery, 9 feet 6 inches by 9 feet, and provided with a fire- 

 place, boiler, and sink. 



C. Front kitchen, or living room, 14 feet by 13 feet. 



Warmth being essential for the comfort of the cottage, the fire- 

 place is carried up in the middle wall ; and, from the position of 

 the window and doors in this room, it will be observed that no 

 draught of air can incommode the inmates. A cupboard, or 

 shelves, may be placed in the recess on each side of the fire-place. 

 The kitchen-range ought to be fitted up with an oven on the 

 one side and a boiler on the other. (We have tried the cottage- 

 grate by Nicholson of Newark, for which a prize was awarded 

 by the Royal Agricultural Society in 1848, and have found it 

 well adapted for the use of the cottager, ''combining safety and 

 economy of fuel, with effectual warmth and facility for cooking.") 



D. Pantry, 8 feet by 6 feet. The walls are fitted up with shelves, and there is a 

 closet vuider the stairs. The window ought to be provided with a zinc perforated 

 blind. 



£. Cupboard, oft' the living-room. 



F. F. Staircase and landing, from which there is a separate entrance into each of the 

 bed-rooms. There is also a small window, for lighting the stairs, &c. 



G. Principal bed-room, 14 feet by 10 feet, in which tliere is a fire-place, which, 

 although perhaps seldom used except in cases of sickness, is most desirable on account 

 of ventilation. (We have seen the drawing of a bed-room cotfage-grate, also by 

 Nicholson, on the same principle as his kitchen-grate, which we think will be equally 

 efficacious.) 



H. Bed-room, 9 feet by 8 feet. 



J. Bed-room over back kitchen, 9 feet 6 inches by 9 feet. 



K. Coal-house, 9 feet by 5 feet 3 inches. 



L. Privj'^, screened by a porch, leading to it, and to the coal-house. 



M. Dust-bin. 



N. Pigsty. That the cottager should keep a pig has been condemned by some; but 

 when properly and carefully attended to, we think without sufficient reason, as we 

 consider the pigsty an essential, as it certainly is a profitable appendage to the cottage. 



The pigsty should be built by the landlord. When placed in 

 a proper situation and drained, it should not offend either the 



