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 333
ouseshould be so placed, that the wing containing the kitchen maybe on that side not usually approached, and it should bepartially concealed by plantations. K built where there is anexisting shelter of trees and shrubs, this kitchen wing may beextended 20 or 30 feet more, to give a laundry,… … [Fig. 11-2. Second Floor.] Tlie second stoiy of this house gives 5 comfortable sleepingrooms, with closets, etc., Fig. 112. Construction. Tlie style of this house is one well adaptedfor wood, though it would apjiear equally well if built of moresolid materials. In our elevation, it is supposed to…
Architecture, Domestic
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