The house, a manual of rural architecture, or, How to build country houses and out-buildings : embracing the origin and meaning of the house ; the art of house-building, including planning, style and construction ; desings and descriptions of cottages farm-houses, villas and out-buildings, of various cost and in the different styles of architecture, etc., etc. ; and an appendix containing recipes for paints and washes, stucco, rough-cast, etc. ; and instructions for roofing, building with rough stone, unburnt brick, balloon frames, and the concrete or gravel wall ; with numerous original plans (1866)
Jacques, D. H. (Daniel Harrison), 1825-1877 · New York : The American News Company, 39 and 41 Chambers Street · leaf 148
down-hill side. Barns, Etc. 145 and if possible having a southern exposure. In this room allthe horned cattle should be stabled, having a yard to them-selves entirely separate from any other stock. The horse stableshould always be on the ground floor, with an entrance from aseparate yard. IX.-AN… … PLAIf. arrangement. The elevation may be similar to that of thepoultry-house (fig. 107), and should have sufficient height tofurnish a good upper room for storing corn, etc., for the swine. X.-AN ASHEET AND SMOKE-HOUSE.An ashery and smoke-house combined may be economicallybuilt as represented in…
Country homes · Architecture, Domestic
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