Page:An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture.djvu/875

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VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 851 the principal floor, f; housekeeper's sitting-room, g ; bath-room, h ; the bath being placed in the scullery, for the convenience of supplying hot water, and the opening 1490 to it being into the bath-room ; kitchen, i ; scullery, with cistern and sink, k ; pantry, I. From the area, m, under the made ground, there are coal, wine, beer, and other cellars, a water-cistern, and a man-servant's water-closet. Fig. 1490 is a plan of the principal flcK)r, showing the main entrance, m ; vestibule in the centre, lighted from the roof, n ; bed-room, o ; dining-room, p ; library, q ; even- ing-room, r bed-room, s. There are two large closets on each side of the entrance, one of which is a water-closet, and the other a place for keeping hats, sticks, and shoes ; both being lighted from the vestibule : there is another closet under the stairs. Fig. 1491 is a plan of the upper part of the roof, in which are shown five small bed-rooms, t ; and a lumber-room, u. The roof over these rooms is flat, and covered with lead ; and there is a staircase to it with a trap-door. The flat part of this roof is surrounded by a