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nEScax v.—A1 lPorking-?izan's -Xodel Cottage. ) OUR object, in this design, is to give the greatest amount of 96 COUNTRY HOUSES. accommodation and convenience, at the smallest cost, for the dwelling of a large family who live in a very simple and economical manner. While the exterior is, therefore, very plain, the least possible ornament being used, there is still an expression of symmetrical beauty, and . a certain cheerfulness of external effect. It is certainly a cottage which will convey an idea of taste in the occupants, so far as the exterior is concerned. The interior is one which contains a great deal of room, most compactly and conveniently arranged—so arranged, in short, as to enable the inmates wholly to "do their own work," if either inclination or necessity prompts them, without any loss of convenience, or the necessity of taking any unnecessary steps. The exterior of this cottage would be raised in character as well as comfort, by -a veranda, like that in Design Il. This could easily be added; but wo have preferred in this example . to make the interior accommodation the first object. , ACCOMMODATION. The rooms in this cottage are none of them large, but they are all snug, and their number and connection compensate for the want of extra size in any one apartment. The entry (see Fig. 23) is 7 feet wide. It contains a flight of stairs to the second floor. At A, is a door, opening which, you descend the cellar stairs, which occupy the space under the highest portion of the other flight. The living -room, which is the common family -room, eating - room, and almost every thing else, in such a cottage, measures 12 by 1.1 feet. It has a well -lighted pantry opening into it. Close adjoining the living -room, and connected with it by a door,