Page:An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture.djvu/872

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848 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1481 and the general proportions of which are less lofty than those of the living-rooms and family apartments. There is a screen across the hall, under the stair at g, opening to the door of the kitchen-passage, which commences by a descent of three steps seen at q, in the section, A B fig. 1483. There will thus be double doors between the kitchen and the hall, which will effectually prevent the entrance of smells from the former to the latter There are a small closet at A ; a water-closet at i ; and a stair to the cellars at A : Hs a butler's pantry ; w, a kitchen ; n, a beer-cellar ; o, a pantry ; and p, the kitchen-court. The chamber floor, fig. 1482, shows the well-hole of the stair, p; water-closet, q; the best bed-room, with dressing-room adjoining, r ; three good bed-rooms, s s s; descending