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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May 



[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S70, by R. P. Eaton & Co., intlie QerVa OflBce of tlie District Court for tlie 



District of Massacliusetts.] 



RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 



BY GEO. E. BABXET, Cold Spring, JT. T. 



DESIGNED A2<rD ENGRA^rED EXPRESSLY FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARKER. 



No. 2.- -DESIGN FOR A TKENCH ROOF COTTAGE. 



This design represents an economical cot- 

 tage, simple in character and compact in plan, 

 and suitable for a moderate sized suburban 

 lot. It is in the modern French style, de- 

 bigoed to be constructed of wood, raised on a 

 banking or terrace and having a split granite 

 underpinning all around it, about eighteen 

 or twenty inches high. The frame rests upon 

 the underpinning, and is covered on the out- 

 side with matched boards and clapboards. 

 The roof is covered with the same and shin- 

 gled — both upper and lower pitch. 



The eaves are slightly curved where they 

 project beyond the walls and are ornamented 



with a row of small blocks or brackets placed 

 close together, as shown in the picture. 



The plan is as follows : — 



A is a veranda seven feet wide, extending 

 along a part of the front of the house. B is 

 the hall, which measures seven feet by nine- 

 teen, and contains the staircase to the second 

 story, under which is the flight to the cellar. 

 C is the parlor, fourteen by nineteen, having 

 two doors opening into the hall, and three 

 windows — one of which — that at the rear, may 

 be omitted to give place for a piano if thought 

 desirable, as two windows will amply light the 

 room. D is a sitting-room or library, four- 



