HOUSE AND GARDEN 
January, 1915 
Your Type of Country House 
(Continued from page 13) 
tile roof and shutters to match in color. A 
long, gentle-rising lawn with a solid back¬ 
ground of foliage forms an adequate and 
happy setting. The large arched window 
groups in first story intimate an arrange¬ 
ment of principal rooms of most generous 
proportions as to size, as well as height of 
ceiling—a house well adapted to social 
functions. Painted interior finish dictat¬ 
ing furnishings and furniture of quality 
and richness are essentially fitting for this 
type. French windows for the ground 
floor and either swinging or sliding sash 
for the second floor are salient necessary 
features. 
6. A balanced formal type with white 
stucco exterior walls, having red brick 
corners, white eaves and trim, shingle 
roof and green blinds further suggesting 
its Colonial antecedents by the disposition 
of windows and chimneys and the archi¬ 
tectural embellishments of the eaves and 
entrances. An open level lawn between 
large engaging trees affords an ideal set¬ 
ting. In plan, the second story extends 
over the first-story porch, and obtains 
maximum bedroom accommodations well 
suited to the needs and comforts of a 
growing family. This type demands 
painted woodwork for its interior finish 
and sliding sash windows divided up into 
smaller lights. Instead of white stucco 
for the exterior, shingles laid 10" to the 
weather, or clapboards painted white or 
red brick laid up in white mortar are equal¬ 
ly possible. 
7. A formal type suggesting Colonial 
precedent, in this case with white stucco 
exterior, having painted white wood cor¬ 
nice balustrade, corner pilasters, entrance 
and porches with green blinds and painted 
green tin roof. Wide siding or shingles 
painted white in place of stucco, or all red 
brick laid up in Flemish bond in white 
mortar for exterior, with white shutters 
and wood trim, are alternative consistent 
mediums of external treatment, provided 
the element of cost so dictates. A ter¬ 
raced hillside shelf or level lawn contained 
by large trees affords a proper setting. The 
arrangement of principal rooms would be 
that of a central hall extending through 
house, with living-rooms on one side and 
dining-rooms and service on the other side. 
A decided leaning to Colonial mahogany 
furniture would be essential to harmonize 
with the mandatory white painted interior 
finish. Sliding sash windows with sashes 
divided into small lights are essential. 
8. An unbalanced white stucco type of 
house suggesting the Modern English by 
its group of mullioned windows filled with 
all leaded glass swinging sash (no blinds), 
a graduated and variegated green and pur¬ 
ple slate roof, brick chimney tops and stone 
entrance porch. The setting is fittingly 
upon a level grass terrace some distance 
back from the street on an open lawn, but 
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