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Sketches for Rustic-Work : including Bridges, Park and Garden Buildings, Seats, 

 and Furniture. Eighteen Plates. The Scenic Vieivs in the tinted Style of 

 Zincography; with Descriptions and Estimates of the Buildings. By 

 T. I. Ricauti, Architect, Author of a Work entitled " Rustic Architecture." 

 4to. London, 1842. 



This is an elegant work, and one that will be found exceedingly useful to 

 country gentlemen who are their own architects. 



The first three plates are of rustic bridges, formed of young trees with the 

 bark on. Elegant or picturesque forms for such bridges are much wanted in 

 parks and pleasure-grounds in hilly districts, where the walks through the 

 scenery must necessarily often cross brooks. We were, when in Scotland last 

 summer, much struck with the poverty of design of the rustic bridges, as well 

 as the rustic fences and gates, in the scenery of some very handsome resi- 

 dences ; though in no part of the island is there such an abundance of young 

 wood adapted for such structures. 



Plates iv., v., and vi. contain the plans, elevations, and perspective view of 

 a small building to answer the purpose of a gate-lodge, with a place for tools 

 to the left of the lodge-keeper's room, and a seed-room in addition to the 

 keeper's bed-room on the floor above. This building is in the style of the old 

 half-timbered houses, now becoming comparatively rare in England. The 

 design is exquisitely beautiful of its kind, and the estimated expense is 

 only 110/. 



Plates vii. and viii. are the plan, elevation, and perspective sketch of a 

 winter-house for plants; very handsome, and suitable for preserving ever- 

 greens, such as oranges and camellias, in a dormant state. 



Plates ix., x., and xi., a gardener's cottage with fruit-room, designed in 

 strict accordance with the principles advocated by Dr. Lindley ; expense 

 about ] 60/. Very elegant, and suitably arranged for the end proposed. 



Plate xii., plan and elevation of an octagonal pigeon-house. A very 

 handsome rustic structure; as is plate xiii., a garden gate and fence. 



Plates xiv., xv., xvi., and xvn., chairs, seats, benches, tables, flower-stands, 

 &c, all in rustic-work with the bark on. Cleverly designed, and very pic- 

 turesque. 



Plate xvm., a idea for a rustic cottage. Very picturesque. 



All the chimney tops in Mr. Ricauti's designs for cottages rise boldly up 

 much higher than the apex of the roof, and are remarkably handsome. 



The following notice may be useful to some of our readers, as we trust it 

 will also to Mr. Ricauti : — 



" Mr. Ricauti having observed, in many instances, that gentlemen are often 

 deterred from employing a ' professed architect,' because they do not know 

 into what expenses it might lead them, he here inserts his terms for making 

 designs of buildings and for superintending their erection. If, however, the 

 estimate of a building should exceed 1000/., no charge is made for the 

 drawings, but the architect receives a commission of 5 per cent on the 

 cost ; and his travelling expenses, in all such cases, are charged to the em- 

 ployer. In preparing a set of drawings, the style of architecture in which 

 they are designed will not, in the least degree, heighten the following charges, 

 which are founded upon the relative proportions and quantity of work 

 required in making out the drawings, &c, for various designs. 



£ s. d. 

 For making plans, elevations, sections, and perspective sketch of a 



small building, such as a gate-lodge, green-house, labourer's 



cottage, &c, the estimate not exceeding 100/. 

 For making the working-drawings of ditto 

 For a building, the estimate not exceeding 150/. 

 For making the working-drawings of ditto 



And so on, in proportion, adding one guinea to the < 



penses of the drawings for every 50/. added to the estimate. 



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