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in the window openings, and indeed, by a multitude of in- 
terior and exterior enrichments generally applied to the 
Tudor mansions’, a villa in the rural Gothic style may be 
made a perfect gem of a country residence. Of all the 
styles hitherto enumerated, we consider this one of the most 
suitable for this country, as,, while it comes within the 
reach of all persons of moderate means, it unites as we before 
stated, so much of convenience and rural beauty.* 
To the man of taste, there is no style which presents 
greater attractions, being at once rich in picturesque beau- 
ty, and harmonious in connection with the surrounding 
forms of vegetation. The Grecian villa, with its simple 
forms and horizontal lines, seems to us only in good keeping 
when it is in a smooth highly cultivated peaceful scene. 
But the Rural Gothic, the lines of which point upwards, in 
the pyramidal gables, tall clusters of chimneys, finials, and 
the several other portions of its varied outline, harmonizes 
easily with the tall trees, the tapering masses of foliage, or 
the surrounding hills ; and while it is seldom or never 
misplaced in spirited rural scenery, it gives character and 
picturesque expression to many landscapes entirely devoid 
of that quality. 
What we have already said in speaking of the Italian style, 
respecting the facility with which additions may be made to 
* The only objection that can be urged against this mode of building, is that 
which applies to all cottages with a low second story, viz : want of coolness in 
the sleeping chambers during mid-summer. An evil which may be remedied 
by constructing a false inner-roof— leaving a vacuity between the two roofs of six 
or eight inches, which being occupied with air, and ventilated at the top will almost 
entirely obviate the objection. 
In our Cottage Residences, Design II., we have shown how the comfort of a 
full second story, suitable for this climate, may be combined with the expression 
of the English cottage style. 
