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RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



showing a section of this mode of weather-boarding will best ex- 

 plain, it to the reader. 



We first pointed out this mode of covering, in our " Cottage 



Residences." A great 

 number of gentlemen 

 have since adopted it, 

 and all express them- 

 selves highly gratified 

 with it. It is by far 

 the most expressive 

 and agreeable mode 

 of building in wood 

 for the country ; it is 

 stronger, equally cheap 

 and much more dura- 

 ble than the thin sid- 

 ing ; and it has a cha- 

 racter of strength and 

 permanence, which, to 



Fig. 8. Cottage Siding and Eoofing. , 



our eye, narrow and 



thin boards never can have. When filled in with cheap soft brick, 

 it also makes a very warm house. 



The rafters of these two cottages are stout joists, placed two feet 

 apart, which are allowed to extend beyond the house two feet, to 

 answer the purpose of brackets, for the projecting eaves. Fig. 3, 6, 

 will show, at a glance, the mode of rafter boarding and shingling 

 over these rafters, so as to form the simplest and best kind of 

 roof.* 



The window dressings, which should have a bold and simple 

 character, and made by nailing on the weather boarding stout 



* The simplest mode of forming an eave gutter on a projecting roof like 

 this, is shown in the cut, fig. 3 at c. It consists merely of a tin trough, fast- 

 ened to the roof by its longer portion, which extends up under one layer 

 of shingles. This lies close upon the roof. The trough being directly over 

 tne line of the outer face of the house, the leader d, which conveys away 

 the water, passes down in a straight line, avoiding the angles necessary in 

 the common mode. 



