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THE CULTIVATOR. 
June, 
VILLA IN THE TUDOR STYLE. 
Rural 3lrcljttertnre. 
Design for a Villa. 
The accompanying designs were originally fur¬ 
nished for the Horticulturist, by Mr. G. Wheeler, 
architect, Hartford, Ct., and from his explanation 
of the plan, we take the following: 
This design is that of a country residence, suited 
to the demands of a family of taste and wealth, and 
is made in the Tudor Gothic style of architecture, 
adapted to the wants of the present day. 
Principal Floor. 
The disposition of the plan provides for a large 
dining and drawing-room, which communicate with 
each other, and also, by means of glass doors in the 
side of the rooms, with a conservatory or plant ca¬ 
binet,* an arrangement which would be found very 
beautiful in effect, and convenient for many pur¬ 
poses. 
There is next to the drawing-room, and commu¬ 
nicating with it, a boudoir, or ladies’ room; and the 
dining, drawing, and this latter room opening en 
suite ; the space capable of being thrown open, on 
occasion of company, would be found very liberal. 
Next to the boudoir is the library, a large well 
lighted, and handsome room. All of these rooms, 
with the exception of the library, are fourteen feet 
high, and large in proportion. 
A kitchen, large staircase and entrance halls, pan¬ 
try, &c., and back staircase, complete the accom¬ 
modations on this floor. 
Entrance is gained to the house by means of an 
angular porch, consisting of a single pillar, from 
which spring two arches, stopping against the wall 
of the house, and resting on corbels on either side 
of the spacious entrance doorway. This porch 
might, if desired, be made very much larger, so as 
to admit of a carriage driving through, and permit¬ 
ting visitors to enter under cover. 
Over the library and kitchen is a large room, 
which it is intended, in the present instance, should 
be used either as a private chapel or large li¬ 
brary • but if such an arrangement is not de¬ 
sirable, the room could be divided into three 
chambers, or otherwise distributed as may be 
required. The boudoir forms the lower story 
of a species of tower, which is carried above 
the roof. 
The large angular bay of the drawing¬ 
room is also extended to the room over, which 
room would thus make a very spacious and 
desirable chamber. 
The style of the house is one that would be 
peculiarly adapted to those localities where 
the scenery was rather sylvan than wild, and 
on an undulating lawn, stretching away to a 
broad river or lake, and backed by tree clad hills, 
would look very well. 
The material might either be entirely stone, or 
brick with stone dressings 5 the latter being a fre¬ 
quent and very appropriate manner of building in 
this style. 
The windows should be glazed in a manner ac¬ 
cordant with the spirit of the design, and the inte¬ 
rior of the rooms protected from the heat of the 
sun by inside shutter blinds, made to slide into the 
walls, whilst there might be in the drawing and di¬ 
ning-rooms, sliding doors, glazed or otherwise, 
which could be made to entirely shut off the bays, 
either to contract the size of the rooms in cold wea¬ 
ther, or to shade the rooms from the sun in the mid¬ 
dle of the day during the summer. 
