22 The Housing of the Agricultural Lahoiirer. 



perhaps to the living-room onh", in which case the staircase is 

 approached through the room. Occasionally the lobby gives 

 direct access to the scullery also, but usually the scullery is 

 approached through the living-room, with a back door giving 

 on the yard and leading to the outbuildings. The copper is 

 commonly placed in the scullery, together with a small cooking 

 stove intended for use in warm w^eather, though a separate 

 washhouse is sometimes provided. A bath is often provided, 

 either in the scullery or in one of the bedrooms. 



An example of a plan of a pair of cottages of this type is 

 shown in Fig. 1. 



When, for economic reasons, the size of the cottage has to 

 be kept down to the minimum, the third bedroom is frequently 

 planned on the ground floor in order to obtain adequate space 

 for the two larger bedrooms upstairs, but when this is done the 

 ground floor bedroom is almost invariably used as a parlour, 

 and the cottage may more properly l^e regarded as of a " two 

 bedroom and parlour " type. 



The larger type of cottage in which a parlour is provided in 

 addition to the three bedrooms need not be considered yet, as 

 it does not appear to be open to the same criticism as the 

 smaller type, and unfortunately the extra cost entailed is pro- 

 hibitive in the majoritj" of cases. 



The Departmental Committee recommended the following 

 sizes as the absolute minimum for rooms in a small holder's 

 house : — 



Living-room . . . . 180 sq. ft. 



Scullery 80 „ 



Larder ...... 24 „ 



Bedroom No. 1 . . . . 150 ,, 



Bedroom No. 2 .... 100 „ 



Bedroom No. 3 .... 65 „ 



But while considering that this accommodation represents 

 no more than is desirable for a rural labourer's cottage, the 

 Committee was of opinion that it might be allowable in some 

 cases to erect smaller houses, and suggested the following 

 dimensions as representing the smallest house which it is 

 justifiable to erect as a family dwelling, which should in no 

 case be reduced to meet exigencies of cost : — 



The type of plan described has been evolved on the 

 assumption that the family will live in the " living-room " and 

 that the dirty work of the house will be done in the scullery. 



