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slightly over the lower part. The chimney top is massive, and 

 original in design. 



The plan (Jig. 89.) contains a porch, a; kitchen, b ; par- 

 lour, c; light closet, d; pantry, e; a staircase,/, to two good 

 bedrooms above, and to a 

 cellar under the parlour be- 

 low ; also an open shed, g, 

 for fuel. A privy for women 

 and children is shown at h, 

 and one for men at i\ the 

 former being conveniently 

 and privately entered from 

 the wood-shed. The oven 

 in the kitchen is shown 

 large, to suit the descrip- 

 tion of fuel in general use 1 

 by cottagers in Kent, viz. 

 faggot-wood. We have 

 shown, in Vol. VI. p. 143., 

 how this fuel may be grown 

 by every cottager for him- 

 self; and also how, by plac- 

 ing the oven in a cellar 



under the sitting-room, 



the 



waste heat might traverse under the kitchen floor in brick flues, 

 and thus warm the whole house. 



The roof is covered with plain tiles ; but, if this building were 

 imitated in America, or in any country where wood is substituted 

 for tiles, it would be found, from the high pitch of the roof, par- 

 ticularly well adapted for shingles. Where stone was not plenti- 

 ful, the lower part of the walls might be of brick or mud, ona 

 foundation of brickwork or masonry ; or of common brick- 

 work or stone covered with cement, and blocked out into Cyclo- 

 pean forms. 



These two cottages were not only designed by Mr. Wells, 

 but executed under his direction from his own working-draw- 

 ings, and wholly from materials found on the estate ; excellent 

 sandstone rock, clay for bricks, and oak timber, being abundant, 

 and chalk for burning into lime near at-hand. 



In the house at Redleaf there is an excellent collection of 

 pictures, chiefly by living artists, and including some of the 

 best productions of Wilkie and the Landseers ; Mr. Wells 

 being one of the greatest encouragers of living native talent. 



Remarks. The most original feature at Redleaf, as we have 

 already observed, is the rocky lawn ; and respecting it there are 

 several points which require to be noticed. In the first place, a 

 slight scar, or protruding rock, which appeared above the surface 



