INTERIOR WALL DECORATION.—The interior wall decoration is Duresco throughout. Plain ingrain paper, of which there is a number of very cheap kinds now on the market, might be used with a frieze. A good effect is obtained by bringing down the white from the ceiling as far as the picture rail, which gives light to the room and improves its proportions. The exterior woodwork is painted a Verona green. FIREPLACES.—Fireplaces suitable for this or any of the six-roomed cottages are as follows:— Front Room: interior grate, slabbed surrounds, tiled hearth, and white wood chimney piece. Living Room: iron tiled mantel-sham. Kitchen: 3 ft. range with white tiled coves and York stone shelf and trusses. Front Bedroom: 30 in. mantel-sham and tiled hearth. Back Bedrooms: 24 in. mantel-sham and tiled hearth. The total cost of the whole should not amount to more than £12. The scullery is lengthened by a projection in the nature of a bay. The outbuildings, which are carried to right and left of the pair, give privacy to the garden near to the houses. PLATE XXXV. PAIR OF COTTAGES. This plate illustrates one of several different treatments of the last plan. [Illustration: PLATE XXXV. PAIR OF COTTAGES. SEE PAGE 41.] PLATES XXXVI., XXXVII., AND XXXVIII. SINGLE COTTAGE. [Illustration: FRONT ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION GROUND PLAN BEDROOM PLAN PLATE XXXVI. SINGLE COTTAGE. SEE PAGE 42.] Plate XXXVI. gives the plan of a single cottage occupying a corner site. It contains:— GROUND FLOOR. Drawing Room, 12 ft. 6 ins. × 13 ft. 6 ins., and bay. Dining Room, 13 ft. × 13 ft., and bay (French casements). Kitchen, 10 ft. × 11 ft. Scullery, 8 ft. × 10 ft. Larder. Porch and Hall, with Cloak Space under stairs. Coals, Tools, and W.C. BEDROOM FLOOR. First Bedroom, 13 ft. 6 ins. × 15 ft. 9 ins. Second Bedroom, 11 ft. 6 ins. × 13 ft. Third Bedroom, 10 ft. × 13 ft. Dressing Room. Cupboards. Bathroom, with W.C. and Lavatory (hot and cold water). As will be seen, there is very little space wasted in the planning of the rooms. The whole of the exterior is rough-cast. The front bedroom is enlarged and projects over the ground floor, giving a pleasant shade to the lower portion of the elevation, while the roof is continued over one side and carried down to form the porch. The gable is of half-timber framing. The roof is covered with Hartshill hand-made tiles, which, while richly toning and colouring, have admirably stood the test of several years’ hard weather, and have proved much more durable than the pressed tile used for some of the other cottages at Bournville. The plan of the cottage might be simplified by gabling back and front, the roof thus covering the whole building, and having no valleys. The bedroom accommodation could be then increased by the addition of attics. Two views of the actual example appear in Plates XXXVII. and XXXVIII. [Illustration: PLATE XXXVII. SINGLE COTTAGE. SEE PAGE 42.]