THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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DEXWOOD FRONT ELEVATION. 



in the octagon corners are filled with book backs, ' 

 bound on blocks to form a perfect representation, and ! 

 to furnish the room — a plan much practiced in En- 1 

 rope. These doors open respectively into the butlers 

 pantry and the i)rivate office beyond the drawing- 

 room. Three ^ood and useful rooms are thus ob- ! 

 tained. The pantry is a low story; above it is the I 

 bath-room, <tc. ; and above that a convenient cham- ' 

 ber; makina: three stories in the part of the house ' 

 nearest the kitchen. The dining-room, on the left of | 

 the hall, enlarged by the front projectins: window and ; 

 a handsome bay window at the side, is large and con- ! 



venieut. Behind the fire-place are closets beyond the 

 walls of the house, and entered respectively from the 

 side bay window and the dining-room. They are of 

 a comfortable temperature in the coldest weather, be- 

 ing behind the chimney. The staircase has been 

 thrown out of sight in the passage from the hall to 

 the kitchen, and being uninclosed has a light and airy 

 appearance. 



The whole house is tempered by a furnace, made to 

 warm all the rooms if required, as well as the hall. 

 In every wav advantage has been taken of space, 

 which is'^ saved wherever it was possible. As exam- 



PLA\ OF PRIXCIPAL FLOOR. 



ExPLAKATlON.— 1, Entrance Hall. 2, Butler's Pantry. 3, Dining-room. 4, Library. 5, Private Office. 

 summer do. attached. 8, Drawing-Room. 9, Paniy. 10, Closet. 



6, Piazza. 7, Eitcbao, mth 



