The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming and ventilating (1851)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 · New York : D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : Geo S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut-Street · leaf 144
ick,painted of some pleasing neutral tint. The window dressings,where diessed stone is scarce or costly, should be built of brickand stuccoed—except the lintels and sills, which should be ofdressed stone, colored like the rest, or of rough stone coveredwith stucco. The roof of this dwelling… … * The first story of the main building of this cottage is eleven feet, the second nine. 112 COUNTRY HOUSES. The veranda should be seven and a lialf feet in width, andbhould not extend the entire length of the front, but stop acouple of feet short at both ends (as sho\ni in the elevation).If…
Architecture, Domestic
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