Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds. Adapted to North America (1847)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 · New York : Wiley and Putnam · leaf 169
cturesque and agreeable effect, and make a verydurable roof, when painted with the cheap, coarse paint, now sogenerally used for this purpose. The roof of this cottageshould be extended boldly, say two to three feet, to give forceand expression to the exterior, and to protect the walls fully.The…
Architecture, Domestic
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