Perspective view of Count Kinski’s summer villa.
THIS villa was designed about the year 1852, for an Austrian nobleman, who wished to have a villa in the English Elizabethan character. The plan was arranged after his own figured sketches, and it is given here as showing the requirements considered desirable for such a building in a summer place of
Ground plan.
retirement, or palace for a foreign nobleman’s occupation. The porch was approached on four sides by flights of steps 12 ft. 6 in. in diameter; it opened into a hall b, 20 ft. in length by 14 ft. in width. The drawing-room c, of noble size, with two bay windows, was 36 ft. in length by 22 in width. The dining-room d, in the opposite side of the hall, was 28 ft. in length by 18 ft. in width. The butler’s pantry k, and the servants’ offices and kitchen g, with a large store-closet h, and scullery i, adjoined. A bread-room is shown at j, l is the servants’ hall, m a china-closet, n a store-room, and o the servants’ staircase, q q are the servants’ entrances, and r r the closets.
One-pair plan.
Returning to the principal portion of the building, the chief staircase, v, opens from the entrance hall, e e e are nurseries, and f is the library. On the first floor, a is the balcony over the porch; this was to be used for smoking, &c., b is the best bed-chamber, and c the boudoir to the same, d is the second best bedchamber, and e its boudoir, f is the third best bedchamber, and g its boudoir, h is a bedroom without any boudoir, i is the housekeeper’s bedroom, k k k the men’s sleeping room, i housemaid’s closet, j j closets, l l linen-closets, m a closet or bath-room, n the principal staircase, and o the servants’ staircase.
The attic plan was devoted to the sleeping rooms, b b b, of the female servants. Here plans are made