Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Villa and Cottage Architecture: Select Examples of Country and Suburban Residences Recently Erected; With a Full Descriptive Notice of Each Building
It seemed to the projectors of the villa and cottage architecture that whilst there were certain well - known volumes illustrative Of palatial residences, and many others giving minute particulars of the construction of dwellings Of the lowest cost and most restricted accommodation, there was a great deficiency Of publications supplying examples of houses Of intermediate cost, including habitations Of several distinct classes. The present Work is devoted to houses Of moderate dimensions, or erected at a cost (ascertained in nearly every one Of the cases) ranging from 500 to 2500, but including some examples Of more expensive character. The examples are selected from widely separated parts Of the country, and are the productions Of nineteen different architects; and, whilst all have been found suitable to the requirements of domestic comfort, they show considerable diversity in internal arrangements, in the structural treatment of materials, and in decorative character, or style and ornamental detail. All the examples are productions of recent date.
It is hoped that the special features Of this Work will render it valuable peculiarly as a suggestive publication, and as one agent in the production of new art and improved methods Of building. The publication would ill satisfy the views Of its projectors were it used as a copy-book. Whilst the intending occupant Of a house has his own wants, but whilst on the other hand no individual has the right to Offend or vitiate the public taste, it is out Of the response to such special wants that requisite variety Of character, and general gratification Of the public eye, are Obtained.
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