Identifier: villascottages00vaux (find matches)
Title: Villas and cottages
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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lded, and the wood-work is painted in plaintints, a liberal supply of room and plenty of fresh airbeing preferred throughout to any elaboration of de-tail. The bedroom plan provides two chambers, withdressing-rooms attached, two other good-sized sleepingapartments, and a smaller spare room, all furnishedwith permanent closets. These, together with a bath-room, water-closet, and linen-room, complete the ac-commodation on this floor. The upper hall is openand airy, and communicates with the back staircase,which is continued to the attic story. As- the roof isof a high pitch, and a large flat is designed on the topto connect the various ridges, this attic is roomy, andprovides several available spare bedrooms besides whatare necessary for the use of the servants; and the free,uninterrupted, uppermost hall being cheerfully light-ed and well ventilated, offers an available play-roomfor children. This is a desideratum in a family house,as the active pattering of feet that in early years ac-
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VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 267 companies the healthy development of any new growthof possible Presidents is not less beneficial in its influ-ence when removed a story from the ceilings of theprincipal living-rooms. The rain-water cistern beingsunk in the floor over the bath-room, allows a largeproportion of the water from the roof to be collectedin it, the remainder being carried by rain-water pipesinto brick cisterns sunk in the ground near the house. The two windows shown at A A not being abso-lutely necessary, were omitted in execution, but theywould, of course, make the two attic rooms in whichthey occur more agreeable, and they can be introducedat little cost, if it is ever thought worth while to in-sert them. The general arrangement for the roof and the posi-tion for the proposed bell turret are shown on the roofplan. A rope could thus be arranged to pass from thebell down the side of the bath-room to the pantry be-low, where it would be most easily accessible whenwanted. The basement

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