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weather stains of myriads of dispersed fragments. 

 And even if agreement of tint be wanting, it is quite 

 feasible to build of wholly refuse stones in such way 

 as to admit of a ;; rough-cast " covering of mortar, 

 which by the simple appliance of lime-wash and 

 some cheap pigment, may be toned to any color 

 desired : or, by selection of stones for the quoins and 

 window jambs, these might show their natural sur- 

 faces, while the intervals were " rough-cast." A kin- 

 dred though more decided contrast of color might be 

 secured by quoins and window trimmings of brick, 

 while the general surface (sunk two or three inches) 

 might be treated as already suggested. By these 

 devices the rudest stones might be worked into a 

 solid home. 



Another method, in which comparatively worth- 

 less material may be utilized in the construction of 

 a house, which would have all the warmth and nearly 

 all the durability of a building wholly of stone, is to 

 blend the timber and mason-work together framing 

 as usual, though with a nice regard to joints and 

 effective panelling, and after this, building in with 

 coarse rubble, to be rough-cast on completion, leaving 

 the timbers exposed. This is the old Saxon country 

 house, of which many examples are to be found in 

 the cathedral cities of England, and of which the 

 Shakespeare house is a notable but very humble type. 



