Stucco and half-timber are almost invariably a successful combination, especially when, as in this instance, the walls are of differing angles giving a play of light and shade, 
and broken by windows of unusual lines 
variety of kinds and a great many colors of common brick, and, 
to add to the variety of their wall surfaces, they may be laid in 
various bonds; the bond being the method of placing them in the 
wall. We may have 
each row o 
laid showing 
them 
first a 
side and then an end 
(the ends are often a 
different color from 
the sides), which is 
called Flemish bond; 
or we may lay sev¬ 
eral courses all sides, 
and then a course of 
nothing b u t ends. 
This is common bond. 
When the rows are 
laid alternately all 
headers and all 
stretchers it is called 
English bond. Then 
there is the more 
complicated English 
“cross bond,” which 
makes an elaborate 
and beautiful pat¬ 
tern over the whole 
surface. Again, we 
may rake out the 
joints, and so by the 
increased shadow accent these, or we may color the mortar— 
though it is seldom successful, if it match the brick. We have 
other more elaborate bricks, the so-called “Tapestry,” “Hytex" 
and “Rug” being ex- 
' may be obtained/ 
so muc h f° r 
of 
Uneven and rough as hand-split shingles may be, they 
weather well and lend an air of distinguishing artistry to 
a house 
Where field stone and clapboard meet the 
connection can often be effected through 
the medium of a heavy, rough door 
Looking 
the 
the 
be- 
appearance 
wall. 
neath the skin we 
may find a variety of 
structure. We may 
have the solid brick- 
wall backed on the 
inside with vertical 
wood strips, over 
which is the lath and 
plaster. The strips 
serve to form an air 
space to keep the 
plaster away from the 
damp brickwork. 
We may plaster di¬ 
rectly on the brick 
inside if we make a 
hollow wall; i. e., a 
two-inch space inside 
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