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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PLAN OF PEINCIPAL FLOOE. PLAN OF LOFTS.
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VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 337 DESIGN No. 37. (D. & V.) IRREGULAR STONE VILLA WITH TOWER. This design, proposed to be executed on a handsomecountry place that overlooks the Hudson, was com-menced by Mr. S. D. Dakin some years ago, but thefoundations were only partially laid when the suddendeath of the proprietor put a stop to the works. Thehouse was to be built of rough stone, with cut stonedressings to the windows, and wherever else it wasneeded, and the whole plan was to have been carriedout in a handsome and expensive style. The samegeneral arrangement would admit of considerable va-riety in artistic treatment, and the exterior designmight be entirely changed, without, in any way, alter-ing the plan, which may be thus described: A car-riage-porch provides a covered entrance to the mainhall, which is twenty feet square. This hall is divided,architecturally, by an open, arched screen, from a widecorridor that traverses the centre of the house, andleads to the various rooms, and to the

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