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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE. 



We present our readers this month, a view of a 

 very interesting old English building — known as 

 Hayes Farm, in Devonshire. It is doubly interest- 

 ing to us. First, as having been the birth place of 

 the celebrated Sir Walter Raleigh — whose name 

 is always associated with the early history of Ameri 

 ca; in the second place, as a good example of a style 

 of respectable country house still very common in 



England. Simple in character, built of solid mate- 

 rials, of ample size, and full of substantial comfort; 

 it seems to us a better type to study, and a better 

 bint for a model, than most of the over-decorated 

 cottages and villas at present so much the fashion. 

 Of course, it is only a hint, for some of the details 

 are faulty, but the expression is genuinely that of a 

 substantial country house that has no pretension 

 which it cannot fulfill, and M'hich aims at being no- 

 thing which it is not in reality. " We like," says the 



late A. J. Downing, "the simplicity of the solid 

 walls of stone roughcast, the plain gables and win- 

 dows, and the ample porch. Diminish the size of 

 this house to suit our wants, and add a verandah, 

 and a more appropriate style for a country house in 

 the Northern States, is not easily attained." 



It is our wish to give a design for a farm house, 

 cottage, or some other building, in each number oi 

 the Genesee Farmer, accompanied with a carefully 

 prepared estimate of the cost, according to the 



price of materials, labor, &c. We have made ar- 

 rangements with a practical architect and builder to 

 furnish such estimates, and if our readers will send 

 us the ground plans of such houses as have proved 

 convenient, together with a sketch of the elevation, 

 (however imperfect) we shall feel much obliged, and 

 will have them drawn over and engraved for the 

 Farmer. In the Rrtral Jlnnval for next year we have 

 given a number of original designs for farm houses, en- 

 graved in the best manner, which will be found useful. 



