GARDENERS' HOUSES. 



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forms as represented at fig. 691 ; and 

 these, set upon each other upon a plain 



Fig. 691. 



above the ground-level, to 

 render the floors dry and add 

 height to the elevation. A 

 rustic or other simple para- 

 pet should be carried all 

 round, leaving sufficient 

 breadth for a walk and a 

 narrow flower border round 

 the house. References to the 

 ground-plan fig. 697 : — a en- 

 trance ; b bedroom ; c kit- 

 chen; d back kitchen and 

 wash-house ; e parlour ; / 

 sitting-room ; g closet ; h 

 water - closet ; i dust - hole ; 

 k wood and coal house ; I 

 passage. 



Fig. 698 is in the cottage 

 style, and contains, fig. 699 — 

 a entrance ; b sitting-room ; c 

 parlour ; d kitchen ; e larder 

 or pantry ; /store-closet, fitted 

 up with shelving, &c. ; g fuel-house ; h back 

 entrance to kitchen ; i water-closet, with 

 four bedrooms over, and sundry closets. 

 The roof is to be covered with ornamental 

 tiles, the walls trellised with wire 6 inches 



Fiff.692. 



Fig. 



Fig. 694. 



Fig. 695. 



tile base, and coped with the same, will 

 produce parapets similar to figs. 692 to 

 695. They should be jointed with cement, 

 and the whole washed over a good stone 

 colour. 



The house represented by fig. 696 

 stands on a platform elevated three feet 



from the walls, and covered with creepers. 

 The whole to be enclosed by a rustic 

 fence 3 feet high, with a walk and flower 

 borders. . 



Fig. 696. 



