was of brick with stone ashlar facings for the walls. The decorated portions were of stone; but red
The attic floor.
brick and stone, or red brick alone, would have been equally appropriate. The red brick with compo-dressing
Basement plan.
and enrichments would have been the cheapest. Considerable attention was given to obtain a picturesque character for the building, and the chimneys were so placed as to obtain one. The height to the top of gable was 38 feet 6 inches. The ground floor, given on page 223, contained two rooms, A and B, each 28 feet by 16 feet, without the bay. The porch was enclosed from the hall.
View of entrance porch.
The upper floor had five rooms, intended merely as sleeping apartments. All had fireplaces except the centre front one, and that is shown supplied with a flue pedestal, a contrivance by which an upper room