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The Country House 



rises and falls with the water, and is held in place by two or more piles. Th;r 

 use of the float is the common method, which has the disadvantage of having to 

 be entirely unshipped and removed at the end of the season and put down at 

 the beginning of the next. This is no mammoth undertaking, and yet any sav- 

 ing method that works as well is better. 



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There are cases \vhere the cutting out of a portion of the bank or shore or 

 the straddling of the house across a creek or inlet gives one a chance to keep the 

 lighter boats below the house, which is a good arrangement. It also has the ad- 

 vantage of taking up less room in the 

 water, which may be of considerable 

 moment in the consideration of a small 

 stream. Fig. 52 shows such an arrange- 

 ment, designed to harbour a small 

 launch and a rowboat. The gangway, 

 hinged to the rear platform, rises and 

 falls with the water, and in winter is 

 drawn up by means of a tackle and 

 secured to the crossbeam of the floor 

 above. The gates which close the two 

 openings make the boats more secure 

 from the fancies of the light-Hngered 

 public, as well as serving to break the 

 force of any rough water oursiik. 

 This plan shows also a small swimming 

 pool connected with the boathouse, but 

 each is so entirely complete in itself 

 that they could be separated with 

 the need of but little change in the 

 planning of each. 



\\herever the natural conditions 

 warrant the bath house, it may be 

 considered in two ways: First as a free 

 and independent structure; or, second, 

 it may be so planned as to form a 

 shelter and covering for the swimming 

 pool. In this latter case the sides and 

 top should be of glass, that the otherwise 

 cold water and atmosphere may be 

 tempered (see Fig. 52). Some of the 

 Northern localities demand this. The 

 bath house may be simple or elaborate, 

 but it should contain dressing rooms 

 at least, with adjacent corridor; it is 

 substory. best that the dressing rooms do not open 

 directly outdoors. The more elaborate 



Fig. 52. Sketch for a combined boat and bath house. The , , , 



latter could be omitted without hurt to the former Structure may Contain heat, bathroom, 



