An Old Country House Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Essentials of a Country House During the course of a somewhat lengthy professional career, I have met with a number of people contemplating building a House, who have not sufficiently considered the numerous points - in fact, the "Essentials" that must be thought of before any satisfactory scheme can be evolved. It is not surprising that these "Essentials" are not all borne in mind, because they are of a very varied nature, but the consideration of them is most important. I believe that my experience in this respect is by no means unique, and it has therefore occurred to me that a small volume dealing concisely, and in a simple way, with these "Essentials" should be very useful to the growing number of people wishing to have a "Home of their own," and also to their professional advisers, who would be able to place this book before their clients, and, at the same time, have these indispensable points for consideration "focussed" for their own guidance. For the purpose of illustrating my remarks, it has seemed to me that I could not do better than refer to Plans and Photographs of Houses, which have been erected from my own designs and under my supervision. I have therefore carefully selected from these executed Works those which seemed most suitable for this purpose, the costs of which Houses range from 1,250 to 4,600, and many of which illustrate photographs of designs published in my books "Bungalows and Country Residences" and "Homes for the Country." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."