290 OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES. 



east, I give a rough draft, showing the general dispo- 

 sition of the rooms. 



By this it will be seen that every considerable 

 apartment, including even the boudoir, has a southern 

 exposure. I give no drawing of any ground -plan, 

 save that of the first floor, and supplement it only by 

 a rude perspective sketch of the building, in which 

 I have endeavored to incorporate some of the hints 

 already given with respect to the use of homely ma- 

 terials and the intermingling of a timber framework 

 with country masonry. One great advantage of this 

 humble style lies in the fact, that it permits of the 

 attachment of many of the rural offices (as, for 

 instance, the ice-house and work-room above, and con- 

 tiguous dairy) to the main building, without offensive 

 contrast, at the same time contributing to the 

 general effect of the mass of building. Mass counts 

 for a great deal in a country house and in landscape ; 

 most of all irregular mass which can be compassed 

 (economy considered) only by associating some of the 

 exterior offices of a rural home with the home itself. 

 All this, the rough material, and the simple method 

 of combining timber framework with a rude tilling- 

 in of masonry, permits and invites. 



Observe that the tall, tower-like building on the 

 right of the view requires no expensive interior fin- 

 ish; it covers offices which must be provided in 



