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 189
ze, and the seats on eachside of it, point out its use—since it answers the pm-pose ofa veranda, with much less cost. Covered by the grape-vine,such a porch is at once a beautiful and a most agreeablefeature to the eye of the passer-by. It gives him, at a glance,the key-note to a refinement, quite… … [Fig. 60. Chamber Floor.] The second floor of this design, Fig. 60, shows four bed-rooms. At a is a nanow flight of stairs, leading to a garret,which is lighted by a dormer window or sky-light placed in theroof of the opposite side of the house. Variation. This design may be cheapened by the…
Architecture, Domestic
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