Russell F. Whitehead · Weyerhaeuser Forest Products · leaf 34
rlyalways kept on the outside walls, and wereof great bulk. As no ridge board was usedin the roof construction, the hipped endshave little gablets, which give a piquanteffect that is characteristically English. The nebulous impression in the minds ofmany concerning the old English cottage isa… … this true, for with a simple oblong plan andelevation of four walls as the backbone ofits beauty, the plan can be lengthened andthe width increased, bays and porches, too,may be added, but the central form alwaysdominates. Unless this be remembered, thepicturesqueness becomes meaningless. In our…
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