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DESIGNS FOR THE ERECTION OF ORNAMENTAL COTTAGES. 
The erection of cottages of so plain an aspect may not suit the fancy of some 
landed proprietors. To such the design No. 2 will be more novel and picturesque. 
This design is for two dwellings united ; this being much preferable to single 
houses, by the advantage of a near neighbour in case of sickness, &c. 
One of the houses is a little larger than the other, and is intended for a man 
and wife with a family, when a bed may be placed in the recess in the kitchen ; 
and if the family were large, a bed might be put up in the large closet under the 
stairs. The other house is intended for a man and his wife without a family. 
In each house a is the entrance ; b, the kitchen ; c , washhouse ; d , closet under 
stairs ; g, privy ; h , pigsty ; bed rooms above ; i, situation for bee hives. 
This house may be built of stone, or brick plastered outside, having a straw 
roof; the wash-houses, &c. are lean-to's; the chimney stalks may be ornamented 
with plaster or cement ; the windows may have wooden mullions, painted like 
stone. The windows may be made to turn round on a pivot and socket at the 
centre. 
This cottage is adapted for almost any situation; but every dwelling ought to 
be raised a little above the grounds which surround it, and well drained under- 
neath. 
