HOUSES AND GARDENS 



which would, even for this price, be something more than mere wooden 

 shanties. 



The irreducible minimum of accommodation for such cottages consists 

 of a good-sized kitchen and scullery, three bedrooms, pantry, coal-shed, 

 and earth-closet. In some cases the scullery may be included as a mere 

 recess in the kitchen, but this is not desirable where the scullery is also 

 the washhouse and bathroom. 



Although in the normal cottage household three bedrooms are required, 

 there are many families in which two will be sufficient, and thus it seems 

 desirable that one of the three bedrooms should be placed on the ground floor, 

 where it can be used as a parlour or bedroom as required. In this way the 

 planning of the cottage is simplified, for in the main block two rooms are 

 placed over two rooms, and the scullery is added as a lean-to at the back. 



This pair of cottages are designed for a site in which the approach is 

 from the south. They should, therefore, be set well back from the road, so 

 that the outlook from the windows overlooks the garden. 



The common entrance, which in the pair of cottages previously described 

 was justified by conditions which led to the placing of the cottages near 

 the road, with the gardens at the back, is here not so admissible, and the 

 whole scheme serves to show how the position of cottages, in relation to a 

 road, should vary with varying aspects, and how such conditions as these 

 lead naturally to variety in position and plan, which adds to the interest and 

 beauty of any group of detached buildings, and which, though appearing 

 accidental, is actually the logical outcome of a proper study of the problem. 



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