Regency Household: Swiss Cottage Park Entrance


A SWISS COTTAGE DESIGN No 5 ELEVATION TWO PLANS PLATE VI THIS is likewise intended as a Park Entrance the lower part of the building forming a deep sheltered gateway in which respect alone it differs materially from every one of the foregoing designs Wherever any kind of actual gateway is formed whether arched or not or in whatever style some degree of depth ought to be given to it not only for the sake of architectural propriety a mere gateway cut out of a wall unless indeed the wall be a continuous enclosure partaking too much of theatrical decoration and looking like a practicable flat but also for the sake of effect of perspective and shadow Were it on no other account this mode such as we see practised in the gatehouses of ancient mansions recommends itself both by the appearance of greater strength and security and by its commodiousness inasmuch as it affords space for habitation above without giving too great extent to the elevation Another advantage is that although the building attached to it as a lodge may be small a tower gateway will form a sufficiently important architectural object of itself The one here given is not exactly of this description the Lodge appearing rather to be extended over it and the gateway to be a part of the lodge than the lodge an adjunct to the gateway This specimen is not introduced as one generally applicable since it would require a peculiar style of scenery sufficiently mountainous at least hilly to justify so un English a style Neither is it recommended as possessing any intrinsic architectural beauty the forms themselves being by no means expressive of elegance or indicative of refinement but it is merely offered as an example of a rustic yet not unpleasing style more picturesque than architectural and depending for effect more upon the variety and character of the ensemble than on any thing like beauty in the individual parts
The living room being one of those immediately over the gateway this plan is far better contrived for comfort independently of the advan tages of both airiness and prospect than where the rooms are imme diately on the ground At the same time the communication with the kitchen being quite under shelter the separation of this latter is attended with no inconvenience while it certainly has something in its favour Cost of this Cottage and Lodge 550 8 0
The design and description appeared in Domestic Architecture: Being a Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, Parsonage Houses, Bailiffs’ Lodge, Gardener’s Lodge, Game-keeper’s Lodge, Park Gate Lodges, Etc. in the Grecian, Italian, and Old English Styles of Architecture. With Observations on the Appropriate Choice of Site; the Whole Designed with Strict Reference to the Practicability of Erection, and with Due Attention to the Important Consideration of Uniting Elegance, Convenience and Domestic Comfort with Economy … With Accurate Estimates Appended to Each Design (1833).


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