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lated. The two front doors are well removed from each other, and 
on the chamber-floor there are three bedrooms, each entered sepa- 
rately, and of g:ood size. But the orijjinality of the plan which 
recommended it so strongly to the Judges, is the way in which 
the two cottages are locked together. Cottages built in pairs, and 
in some cases singly, usually take the form of the letter 1_, and 
when placed together back to back, they take the form shown 
in Fig. 3 or Fig. 4. 
Fig. 3. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. 
These entail breaks, valleys, and gutters ; but in ' Rustic's ' 
Plans we have an entirely different arrangement ; the two blocks 
being locked together as shown in Fig. 5. 
But although cottages whose plan forms an oblong without 
a single break, and the roof of which is one unbroken span, 
may be very well so far as accommodation and economy are con- 
cerned, yet it is necessary to take some care that an estate shall 
not be disfigured by the erection of cottages having only comfort 
and economy in view. The Judges therefore venture to submit 
the two designs shown on Plates I. and II., instead of Mr. Hine's ; 
the one as being' useful and economical, without being unsightly, 
the other as being somewhat more ornamental. 
In these plans they have increased the size of the rooms on the 
ground-floor, which of course materially improves the bedrooms 
over ; and they have shown the wall between the two cottages 
9 inches thick instead of 4^ inches, to exclude sound and to give 
greater stability to the building. They also recommend a steep 
pitched roof of tiles as preferable to a flat one of slates, as it 
reduces the height of the Avails and gets more bedroom space 
in the roof: this, of course, necessitates dormer windows; but, 
with the break shown in the front, these windows improve the 
elevations. A porch is added to the front doors with the same 
object, and also to afford protection against the weather. 
The out-offices are placed some distance from the houses, for 
obvious reasons ; and they are grouped together as a separate 
building, containing a bakehouse common to the two cottages, 
hovels, and piggeries. It will be seen from the plan of the out- 
offices, that they can be built either with or without piggeries. 
The design shown on Plate II., with its timbered gables, 
may be preferred in some localities. It is a more expensive 
