The Country House 



feasible, and have also considerable wall space, which is of course an 

 essential. 



The fireplaces of the dining room, reception room and alcove are made wide 

 enough to take a four-foot log; that of the hall has a three-foot opening. 



In considering the general arrangement of the house and the relation of 

 one room to another, we naturally begin with the entrance. The north vestibule 

 is shown in a projection; it might well, and perhaps better, be within the line 

 of the main house; it is a matter of taste. It is, however, provided with a 

 carriage stoop and horse block and should be surmounted by a hood. To the rear 

 of the vestibule is a combination of passage and closet under the front stairs 



which allows of easy 

 access to the toilet 

 as well as hanging 

 room for clothing 

 at the back of the 

 chimney. You can 

 enter at once into 

 the reception room, 

 or by the passage, 

 hall, and west vesti- 

 bule gain access to 

 the garden. It is 

 through this en- 

 trance that guests 

 would naturally 

 enter, and, as will be 

 seen by the plan, it 

 is easy of access 

 from the kitchen and 

 yet w T ell enough shut 

 off by doors to make 

 it difficult even for 

 the odour of cab- 

 bage to escape by 

 that route. 



The west vesti- 

 bule, w r hich opens 

 upon the garden, is 

 in reality the family 

 entrance, for it is 

 more than likely that 

 much of this traffic 

 will be through the 

 garden. There are 

 large windows in its 



A stucco house at Cohasset, Mass., designed on Italian lines. John Lavelle, architect tWO Walls tO allOW 



