Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 146
t really rural house. As the accommodation required was not extensive,there was no necessity for attic bedrooms, and the cot-tage is, therefore, planned a story and a half high, asit is called, the roof coming down a foot or two belowthe ceiling line, not, however, so as to interfere withthe… … which was fairly illustrated in the case under consid-eration. The ground in the immediate vicinity of thebuilding site was, as is often the case, somewhat bare 142 VILLAS AND COTTAGES. of trees, and the proprietor, with great care and pains,moved a number of healthy specimens, of larger sizethan…
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