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country residences of a superior class.* The materials gen- 

 erally employed in their construction in England, are stone 

 or brick ; and of late years, brick and stucco has come info 

 very general use. 



A mansion in the Elizabethan style, differed from a Tu- 

 dor mansion more in the details, than in the general plan and 

 construction. These details were executed in a kind of mix- 

 ture of the Gothic and Italian modes, and while sometimes 

 very beautiful and attractive edifices, were the result of this 

 singular union ; at others, the excellency or merit of either 

 style was lowered by the confused melange. We cannot 

 therefore, so highly recommend the Elizabethan manner for 

 general adoption here, as a correct and tasteful style, although 

 we believe it has much merit, as a convenient mode of build- 

 ing for the country. 



Tiie old English cottage style, or what we have denom- 

 inated Riij'al Gothic, contains within itself all the most 

 striking and peculiar elements of the beautiful and pictur- 

 esque in its exterior, while it admits of the greatest possible 

 variety of accommodation and convenience in internal ar- 

 rangement. 



In its general composition. Rural Gothic really differs from 

 the Tudor style more in that general sit?ij)licitp which serves 

 to distinguish a cottage or villa of moderate size from a man- 

 sion, than in any marked character of its own. The square 

 headed windows preserve the same form, and display the 

 Gothic label and muUions, though the more expensive finish 

 of decorative tracery is frequently omitted. Diagonal, or 

 latticed lights are also more commonly seen in the cottage 

 style, than the mansion. The general form and arrange- 



*The residence of Robert Gilmore, Esq., near Baltimore, in the Tudor style, 

 is a very superb and extensive pile of building. 



