Gothic Suburban Villa. 47 



GOTHIC SUBURBAN VILLA. 



From Homes for the People. 



The illustration of the external appearance of this villa gives a repre- 

 sentation of the principal front. The plan shows the outlines to inclose 

 nearly a regular square — broken, however, by a projecting wing at one 

 side. The elevation, without needlessly introducing irregular breaks, 

 still more decidedly departs from the squareness of outline suggested 

 partly by the plan, and the composition of this front has an appearance 

 varied as a lover of the picturesque would demand. The projecting 

 wing, being nearest to the eye, is properly made the principal feature^ 

 and the upward leading of its outlines is strengthened by the manage- 

 ment of its features, as consisting of windows, canopy and gable, each 

 of which is, in design, connected with the other, and each one falls back 

 from the member below, so as gracefully to lead the eye from the base 

 of this portion of the building to the final terminating its gable. 



Next to this is placed the entrance porch, made sufficiently prominent 

 to duly mark its character, and stopping against it, but in subordinate 

 relation, is a veranda, divided into three openings, the central one of 

 ■which, opposite the pier between the two windows, is smaller than that 

 on either side. Against this central pier is placed a seat, and, as the 

 long window from the dining-room opens on to the veranda, this would 

 be a pleasant resting place for an after-dinner cigar, in fitting weather. 



Above the porch are two narrow windows that give light to the 

 chamber at the end of the front hall, and in line with them are the bay- 

 window and the other wiudoAvs of the large chamber over the dining- 

 room. The roof of this portion of the building is lower than that of 

 the projection, and its surface is broken by small openings containing 

 trefoii-hghts into the attic. 



The elevations of the other sides may be partly understood from this 

 illustration. Upon one side would be the long line of roof of the pro- 

 jecting wing, broken by the outside chimney-shafts, and by the bay- 

 window which is carried up to the ceiling of the second story. The 

 other side would consist of a gable, such as the illustration indicates, 

 over the dining-room, &c., broken by the projection that the plan con- 

 tains, and below this would be the eaves of the roof over the low-er 

 portion of the building, as explained in the description of chamber 

 plan. The rear would be something similar in its roof management to 



