1861. 



XEW EXGLAXD FARMER. 



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KTJSAL AECKITECTURE. 

 DESIGN FOR A SUBUUBAX IlESIDENCE, BY GEO. E. IIARXEY, LYNX, :\LiSS. 



DESIGNER AND liNGRAVKI) EXPr.KSSLV KOK THE XEV,' ENGLAND FARMKK. 



We give this month another design for a sub- 

 urban or village residence. It is a fair specimen 

 of the Italian style, so modified as to meet the 

 wants of our country and climate. The style is 

 characterized by the low pitch of the roof, the 

 broad, open character of the trimmings, and the 

 introduction of the round arch for the heads of 

 the windows, piazzas, doors, &c. 



The plan is arranged as follows : From the 

 portico, No. 1, by means of double glazed doors, 

 we enter the vestibule. No. 2. This opens on the 



left, into the dining-room. No. 4, and on the right, 

 into the parlor, No. 3. Directly in front, a slid- 

 ing glass door opens into the hall containing stairs 

 to the chaiubers and cellar. The living, or din- 

 ing-room has a good sized china closet, and con- 

 nects, by means of a small passage on the left of 

 the chimney-breast, with the kitchen, No. 6. This 

 room is fourteen feet square, is conveniently 

 placed, and well lighted, and opens directly into 

 the staircase hall. No. 5. No. 7 is a pantry, fur- 

 nished with a pump, sink, and shelves, and No. 8 

 is a good sized store closet, with shelves. The 

 vestibule measures 6 feet by 7^ feet ; parlor, 15 

 feet by 17 feet ; living-room, 14 feet by 15 feet. 



The second floor furnishes three large cham- 

 bers, a bathing-room, and several closets. 



For the interior finish of the several rooms, we 

 would recommend something like the following : 

 The wood-work of the vestibule and dining-room 

 to be a wainscoting two and a half feet high, with 

 standing finish to coi-respond ; this, together with 

 the wood -work of the kitchen, to be oiled and 

 varnished, showing the natural color and grain 

 of the wood. The walls may be papered with 

 some neat, modest pattern of panel paper, and 

 the floor covered with painted oil carpeting of 

 colors to correspond. 



