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FARM HOUSE. 





liKSlCN FOR A FARM HOUSE. 



FARM HOUSE. 



We here present our readers with a fanii house ol' 

 a modest iind unpretendiug character. It is tal<eu 

 from Allen's Rural Ai chilccture, aud is not unlil;e 

 many farm houses we see around the country, or 

 rather as such farm houses wouhl appear if impioved 

 with the neat porches that give character and beauty 

 to this simple buil(]itig. 



"This house may be built either of stone, brick, or 

 wood. The style is rather rustic than otherwise, aud 

 intended to be altogether plain, yet agreeable in out- 

 ward appea.rance, and of quite convenient arrange- 

 ment. The body of this hoiue is 40 by 30 feet on 

 the ground, and 12 feet high, to the plates for the 

 root; the lower rooms nine feet high; the roof inten- 

 ded for a pitch of 35° — but, by au error in the draw- 

 ing, made less — thus afibrding very tolerable chamber 

 room in the roof story. The L, or rear projection, 

 containing the wash-room and wood-house, juts out 

 two feet from the side of the house to which it is 

 attached, with posts 7J feet high above the floor of 

 the main house; the pitch of the roof being the same. 

 Beyond this is a building 32 by 24 feet, with 10 feet 

 posts, partitioned off into a swill-room, piggery, work- 

 shop, and wagon-house, and a like roof with the 

 others. A light, rustic porch, 12 by 8 feet, with lat- 

 tice work, is placed on the front of the house, and 

 another at the side door, over which vines, by way 

 of drapery, may run; thus combining that sheltered, 

 comforrable, and home like expression so desirable in 

 a rural dwelling. The chimney is carried out in three 

 separate fines, sufficiently marked by the partitions 

 above the roof. The windows are hooded, or shel- 

 tered, to protect them from the weather, and fitted 

 with simple sliding sashes with 7 by 9 or 8 by 10 

 Outer blinds may be added, if required; but 



it is usually better to have these inside, as they are 

 no ornament to the outside of the building, are liable 

 to be driven back and forth by the wind, even if 

 fastenings are used, aud in any event are little better 

 than a continual annoyance. 



"Interior arraxgemext. — The front door, over 

 which is a single sash light across, opens into a hall 

 or entry 9 by 7 feet, from which a door opens on 

 either side into a sitting-room and parlor, each 16 by 

 1,"> feet, hghted by a double, plain window, at the 

 ends, and a single two-sash window in front. Be- 

 tween the entrance door and stove, are in each room 

 a small pantry or closet for dishes, or otherwise, as 

 may be required. The chinmey stands in the center 

 of the house, with a separate flue for each front room, 

 into which a thimble is inserted to receive stove-pipes 

 by which they are warmed; and from the inner side 

 of these rooms each has a door passing to the kitchen, 

 or chief living room. Tliis last apartment is 22 by 

 l.T feet, with a broad fireplace containing a crane, 

 hooks, and trammel, if required, and a spacious family 

 oven — affording those homely and primitive comforts 

 still so dear to many of us who are not ready to con- 

 cede that all the \irtues of the present day are com- 

 bined in a "perfection" cooking stove, and a "patent" 

 heater; altliough there is a chance tor these last, if 

 they should bo adopted into the peacefid atmosphere 

 of this kitchen. 



'• On one side of the kitchen, in rear of the stairs, 

 is a bedroom, 9 by 8 feet, with a window in one cor- 

 ner. Adjoining that, is a buttery, dairy-room, or 

 closet, 9 by 6 feet, also having a window. At the 

 inner end of the stairway is the cellar passage; at 

 the outer end is the chamber passage, landing above, 

 in the highest part of the roof story. Opposite the 

 chamber stairs is a door leading to the wash-room. 

 Between the two. windows, on the rear side of the 

 kitchen, is a sink, with a waste pipe passing out 

 through the wall. At the further corner a door 



