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HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY PLACE 



for space, the gambrel, gave large attic rooms. Yes, Hilltop, the 

 first modern house in Hillcrest Manor, in presence and convenience 

 was called a success. 



Snap Shots of Building Progress. 



Rarely have I built without taking photographs at different 

 stages, making important data for future reference. First, the bare 

 site, then, in natural sequence, the hole in the ground, the stoned- 

 up cellar, upright corner posts, and so on to the completed dwelling, 

 and year after year the increased tree and shrub growth, with each 

 photograph usually taken in scale with some well known object as 

 man, dog, or horse. 



STONYCREST. 



After Hilltop came Stonycrest, whose roof outline formed one 

 of its several motifs.* The stone entasis foundation, the big sheets of 

 glass from floor to door and window top, windows that occupied 

 almost the entire ends of the rooms, and the deeply recessed inglenook 

 two steps below the hall with its tiled floor in which was inset a lion 

 rampant, were some of its features. 



In the chimney centre was a colored, leaded glass window 

 necessitating a double fireplace flue; had it faced the hills it would 

 have been of clear plate glass. Box windows extended up into the 

 partitions in low studded rooms, allowing larger view panes. 



*The original plan called for an arched corridor, connecting stable and house, as shown 

 on page 108. 



