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Each garden is planted with fruit trees, and a staff of 
practical gardeners are kept for the benefit of the tenants, 
who can go to them for advice and help. The gardens are 
turned over to the tenants in perfect condition, and prizes 
are offered from time to time for well kept gardens. Lec- 
tures and classes on the subject are held, to keep up the inter- 
est in the cultivation of the gardens. 
The rents range from five dollars and a half a month, 
including rates, to fourteen dollars a month, and there are 
larger houses at higher prices. These contain on the second 
floor about five bedrooms and a bathroom. 
The latest cottages have been built with one large living- 
room instead of two smaller ones, as at first, with a kitchen 
containing a bath sunk in the floor, while the second story 
has three bedrooms surmounted by an attic. For small 
families there are houses with only two bedrooms. 
The architect, Mr. W. A. Harvey, has shown much skill 
in planning the cottages and in obtaining variety without 
adding to the cost of construction. The artistic appearance 
and the satisfactory accommodations have been accomplished 
by careful forethought. Every opportunity has been availed 
of to avoid monotony. ‘Thus while one or two patterns of 
windows, doors and door frames were used they were dis- 
tributed in such a way as to give no suggestion of monotony. 
By the addition of a baywindow, or a special treatment of 
A Group of Three Houses, with the Middle One Recessed 
a porch, or the use of rough cast or shingles, each house was 
given a distinct design, which added vastly to the interest of 
the village. 
In building three cottages, an attractive feature was in- 
troduced by recessing the middle one and forming a fore- 
court in front, while in another group of three houses the 
middle one was built long way on. In another case, where 
a row of houses were built, every other had some special 
detail of ornament, the unadorned ones affording relief to 
the others. 
Sometimes a roof would be run down to the top of the 
windows on the first floor, the large expanse of roof being 
broken by the chimneys and dormer windows. Adjoining 
a house of this type might be seen a roof extending to the 
second floor ceilings, and in this case the walls were broken 
by hexagon baywindows on the first and second floors. 
It is not the custom in England to build cellars beneath 
cottages; therefore these houses followed the usual custom, 
their only protection being beds of concrete with plenty of 
air bricks to thoroughly ventilate the ground floor joists. 
These were placed above the level of the ground around the 
house to prevent any water from accumulating under floors. 
One of the smallest types of houses were built in sets of 
four at the cost of $875 each, including the laying out of 
the garden. They contained a dining-room 13 ft. 6 in. by 
12 ft. 6 in. and kitchen ro ft. 6 in. by 7 ft., in which was a 
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February, 1906 
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Semidetached Houses of Quaint Design, with Walls of Rough Cast 
and with Shingled Roofs 
cabinet bath. The larder was placed under the staircase, 
while the outhouses, for coal, etc., adjoined the kitchen. On 
the second floor the bedroom was 13 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft., and 
the back bedroom was 16 ft. 6 in. by 7 ft.; there was also 
a linen closet on this floor. ‘This type of house being one 
of the cheapest, simplicity and economy had been carefully 
studied. ‘Lhe roof ran uninterruptedly from end to end, 
and the chimneys were grouped together and brought to 
the highest point in the roof. 
One of the most picturesque buildings is the Village Inn, 
which was remodeled out of a dreary old farmhouse, and 
makes a pleasant halting place for the wayfarer. It has 
an Old World appearance, situated in a quaint old garden 
with sweet scented flowers and a sign swinging in the wind. 
One of the most beautiful and cheerful spots in the vil- 
lage is occupied by the homes for the old folks, called the 
Alms Houses, although this term has not the same signifi- 
cance there that it has in America. It is built in the form of 
a quadrangle, each side consisting of a row of two-roomed 
cottages, which overlook a well kept green. Picturesque 
seats and benches are placed against the walls of the houses 
and form a pleasant recreation place for the occupants. An 
old man or woman can do the small amount of work needed 
in these little cottages, the neighbors helping in cases of sick- 
ness. Every detail for their comfort has been thought out, 
and their last days are spent in peaceful ease. The writer 
was taken to see an old nurse who had grown old in the ser- 
vice of the family. With what pride she showed us the con- 
Two of the Least Expensive Cottages 
