64 HAND-BOOK OF PRACTICAL 



Plan No. 11 is drawn at a scale of sixty feet to one inch, lot 

 160 by 320 feet, and is designed for a suburban villa lot, or as 

 the front grounds and immediate surroundings of a country farm 

 or fruit grounds with some pretension to style. It is supposed 

 that the house will be of a broken, pointed style, and should 

 stand upon a slight elevation, of say six to eight feet of grade, 

 from the roadway in front. Then if the rear of the house has a 

 high bank or rocky slope, we think our plan will make it of 

 value as well as ornamental, as we have put in trees of good 

 fruit, and yet hardy and ornamental. 



The plan of the house, according to our rule, is only the first 

 ground plan, as by it we must know where doors outward, 

 leading to paths, etc., should be constructed. The elevation of 

 the architecture we can do, but as it is not a part or parcel of 

 our plan, we omit it. Reference to the ground plan of the 

 house will show as follows : 



1 is a front porch 8 feet wide, passing on the side where the 

 driveway and main entrance to the house is had. 



2 is a rear porch with steps, mainly for the use of assistants ; 

 it is 8 by 16 feet. 



3 is a green-house or conservatory, 20 by 28 feet, with glass 

 doors opening from the hall and a door into room 4, or the 

 Library, which is 15 by 15 feet, and a door into the hall out on 

 the porch, and into the Parlor, room 5, which is 15 by 18 feet ; 

 from this room a door opens into the hall, and a bay window, 

 projecting 2 feet and ranging from its main of 12 feet on the 

 level of the wall in the room to eight feet on its front. 



6 is the main hall, 8 by 15 feet, where it should have bulwarks 

 each side of one foot, but no door. 



7 is a space 16 by 16 feet with a 4 by 4 feet in the rear for 

 entrances from the kitchen and out-of-doors. This space is 

 designed for stairs to the second story. They should be wind- 

 ing, and start at the right as you enter from the hall, so that a 

 view into the green house or conservatory will not be obstructed. 



