482 MISCELLANEOUS GARDEN STRUCTURES. 



Fig. 697. 



Fig. 700, of which figs. 

 701 and 702 are ground- 

 plan, was designed by us for 

 a gentleman in Argyllshire. 

 The old English style 

 appears to be that most 

 suitable in order to accord 

 with the mansion and 

 situation. The structure 

 is set on an elevated ter- 

 race of 2^ feet above 

 the ground-level, to secure 

 dryness in the ground 

 floor, and to give greater 

 apparent elevation to the 

 building. The oriel or pro- 

 jecting windows at the ends 

 are intended to give expres- 

 sion to the style; they may 

 however be dispensed with, 



Fig. 



IF 

 ill 



Fig. 699. 



and ordinary ones substituted. The roof 

 projects 2 feet over the walls, to keep them 

 dry. White firebricks are used for the door 

 porch, the rebates, sills, and lintels of the 

 windows. The first 12 inches above the 

 ground-line project 3 inches beyond the 

 plumb of the walls, and are also of fire- 

 brick, to form a plinth. The corners are 

 to be carried up with the same material, 

 and the whole of the walls built hollow, 

 with bricks well burned and of a subdued 

 colour. 



The ground floor, fig. 701, consists of a 

 porch a, 6 feet by 4^ feet ; passage and 

 staircase b ; sitting parlour c, 12 feet by 

 11 feet, with closet d ; kitchen e, 12 feet 

 by 1 1 feet, with closet / ; pantry g, 5 feet 

 by 5 feet ; back kitchen, wash-house, and 



