RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



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windows, by the introduction of mullions and tracery in the 

 window openings, and indeed, by a multitude of interior and 

 exterior enrichments generally applied to the Tudor man- 

 sions, a villa in the Rural Gothic style niay be made a per- 



[FjS. 36. Cutt.ige ol N. B. Warren, Esq , Truy, N. Y. J 



feet gem of a country residence. Of all the styles hitherto 

 enumerated, we consider this one of the most suitable for this 

 country, as, while it comes within the reach of all persons 

 of moderate means, it unites, as we before stated, so much 

 of convenience and rural beauty.* 



To the man of taste, there is no style which presents 

 greater attractions, being at once rich in picturesque beau- 



* The only objection that can be urged against this mode of building, is that 

 which applies to all cottages with a low second story, viz: want of coolness in 

 the sleeping chambers during mid-summer. An evil which may be remedied 

 by constructing a false inner-roof — leaving a vacuity between the two roofs of 

 six or eight inches, which being occupied with air, and ventilated at the top will 

 almost entirely obviate the objection. 



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