MR. URBAN AND A COUNTRY HOUSE 



Of the floor immediately above, and upon 

 the ground level as one approaches the place 

 from the east, I gave a rough draft, showing 

 the general disposition of the rooms. 



By this it will be seen that every considerable 

 apartment, including even the boudoir, has a 

 southern exposure. I give no drawing of any 

 ground-plan, save that of the first floor, and 

 supplement it only by a rude perspective sketch 

 of the building, in which I have endeavored to 

 incorporate some of the hints already given 

 with respect to the use of homely materials 

 and the intermingling of a timber framework 

 with country masonry. One great advantage 

 of this humble style lies in the fact, that it 

 permits of the attachment of many of the rural 

 offices (as, for instance, the ice-house and 

 work-room above, and contiguous dairy) to 

 the main building without offensive contrast. 

 — at the same time contributing to the general 

 effect of the mass of building. Mass 

 counts for a great deal in a country house and 

 in landscape; — most of all irregular mass — 

 which can be compassed (economy considered) 

 only by associating some of the exterior of- 

 fices of a rural home with the home itself. 

 All this, the rough material, and the simple 

 method of combining timber framework with 



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