It2 



Entrance Lodge. 



and cottage, should be of the same style of architecture. Albeit 

 unity is desirable. 



Castellated ponderous architecture appears to me to be very 

 appropriate in building entrance lodges, particularly where stone 

 is used for the material. It strikes the observer as being a kind 

 of protection ; a redoubt, (if I may use the term) and therefore, 

 turrets and towers, from their peculiar associations, are not only 

 admisable, but in admirable taste. The one I present to your 

 readers is a one story cottage, with attic, in the Elizabethian 

 style ; it is of a very simple construction, but is broken up suffi- 

 ciently to give a unjque effect and pleasing finish. It is from 

 London. The material may be of either wood or stone The lati 

 ter is preferable, as the mortar would permit the growth of the 

 Ivy, which flourishes very well in the latitude of New York, and 

 southward. 



As the design is quite ornamental, its location should be rather 

 conspicuous than otherwise, in order to display as much as poss- 

 ble of tlie elevation 



Accommodation — 

 From a porch, a, 

 there are two en- 

 trances : one to 

 the kitchen, h, with 

 two light closets, 

 c, d ; and the other 

 to a parlor, e, and 

 a bed-room, /, with 

 a closet, g. 



C onstruction. 

 The walls are sup- 

 posed to be of 

 stone, nd the roof 

 covered with gray 

 slates. The open 

 ings of the win- 

 dows are shown j-ioor piau. 

 with plain architratives or facings ; the sashes are modern, 

 and hung with weights and pulleys. The porch is supi)orted by 

 a wooden column, which rests upon a square stone plinth, and has 

 a plain capital. The chimney pots may be formed of cement- 



