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 82
o coats of zinc paint; tht!usual gas-pipes are put iu; and the kitchen sink is sujjpliedwith water from the street. ^^ We have been thus particular in reference to the materialsand construction of this house, because, having been built, itsactual cost is known, and will serve as a basis on which to… … Pekspective View. gravel-wall building, and the mode of its construction may befound detailed in the Appendix. The most obvious requirements of a Southern countryhouse are—amj le space, shade, and ventilation. Where land is 80 The House. abundant and cheap, the ground plan should be so extended…
Country homes · Architecture, Domestic
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