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The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. (1866)

Jacques, D. H. (Daniel Harrison), 1825-1877 · New York, G.E. & F.W. Woodward · leaf 126

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Villas. 125 VII.—AN OCTAGON VILLA Tl.e main body of this house is a regular octagon on the plan,each side being 20 feet, giving the whole width of the mainhouse 48 feet; with 12 feet additional for the wings. Rect-angular apartments are built against four of the walls, form-ing four projections,… … FiKST Floor Plan. k)\- the purpose of giving effect to the elevation, is raised aboutsix feet above tlie adjoining ground. A flight -)f stei)S in front lands upon a veranda six feet widefiom wljich we enter tlirongh the front door to a vestibule,7x7, and from which, passing through a glass door, we…

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