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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



A PLEASANT COUNTRY HOUSE. 



As some of our readers are considering the sub- 

 ject of building, we give another illustration which 

 can scarcely fail to suggest valuable ideas. It is 

 extracted from Wheeler's Homes for the People, 

 a highly instructive work. 



"A convenient and inexpensive home will be 

 found in the following illustration of an Italian cot- 

 tage, which is so arranged as to be suitable to al- 

 most any variety of situation or material. 



The plan has in front a large porch. No. 1, part- 

 ly recessed v/ithin the building, and the remainder 

 extending beyond the wall. This porch is ten feet 

 wide and six feet deep, and is intended, to a certain 

 extent, to supply the want of a veranda, and afford 

 a pleasant place for enjoying the air and view out- 

 doors. Within this is the hall, No. 2, six feet wide, 

 and running to the rear of the building, with a door 

 at its end, into the garden. In this is the staircase, 

 and under its flight above are steps to the cellar, 

 which would be under the whole building. 



Upon one side of the hall is the parlor. No. 3, 

 the size of which is fourteen feet square, and in the 

 rear of this, connected by an entry between the two 

 rooms, with drawers upon each side, is a bed-room. 

 No. 4, of the samiC size, and In it a closet upon the 

 other side of the chimney-breast, corresponding 

 with the entr)'. Should the family not need this 

 room as a sleeping-chamber, it could be used a fam- 

 ily sitting-room, or a study, the latter jiurpose be- 

 ing suitable, should the plan be adopted by a pro- 

 fessional or literary man. 



The other portion of the house contains a large 

 family living-room, No. 5, which, with the excep- 

 tion of the corner, taken out by the recess shown 

 upon the plan, is six feet square. In this is a fire- 

 place and closet,and adjoining it are a summer-kitch- 

 en, or sink-room. No. 6, and a pantry. No. 7. In 

 the latter is a closet, and a door opens from the 

 room into the rear-hall, and thence to the yard. 



The heiffht of this storv is ninp fppt six inches in 



manner to the one that has been described, except- 

 ing that the partition above that between the haB 

 and family hving-room. No. 5, is moved further in 

 the room, and is upon the same line as the wall of 

 the recess. By this means a pleasant sleeping-room 

 for a child is added to the plan, and the chamber 

 by its side still remains a large apartment. The 

 space above 7, is appropriated to closets for stores 

 and for linen, and an open area for boxes ; over 6 

 is a servant's room, and the remainder of the house 

 has three large sleeping-rooms, above 3, 4, and 5. 

 The height of this story is eight feet in the clear, 

 with straight ceilings, or with the plastering follow- 

 ing a short distance up the slope of the rafters, or 

 not, as wished. The rise of the roof affords an 

 open space for boxes, &c., and should have access 

 by a scuttle and step-ladder from the staircase hall. 

 The building may be constructed of frame or 

 brick, as the neighborhood places most economical- 

 ly at disposal, and the finish within should be in- 

 expensive. No cornices upon the lower floor, and 

 the walls prepared for papering. 



