Page:An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture.djvu/237

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COTTAGE DWELLINGS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 213 ^x(€^!^X^ 433. General Estimate. Cubic contents, 21,660 feet, at 6c/. per foot, ^^541 : 10s.; at 4d., £361 ; and at 3d., £210 : 15s. 434. Remarks. No one can mistake the expression of this Design, who has ever seen an English cottage. It pretends to be nothing more than what it is, and might be mistaken for a copy from nature. It seems to us to want dignity, which might be given by heightening the windows of the parlour-floor, and by a surrounding terrace. The ground plan is very convenient. S65 ■>^So»>