[Illustration: PLATE XXXVIII. SINGLE COTTAGE. SEE PAGE 42.] DESCRIPTIONS OF PLATES XXXIX.-XLII. PLATES XXXIX., XL., XLI., AND XLII. SINGLE COTTAGE. [Illustration: FRONT ELEVATION BACK ELEVATION GROUND PLAN BEDROOM PLAN PLATE XXXIX. SINGLE COTTAGE. SEE PAGE 44.] Another single cottage has accommodation as follows:— GROUND FLOOR. Living Room, including roomy alcove, 13 ft. 5 ins. × 15 ft. 6 ins. Kitchen, 10 ft. × 13 ft. 5 ins. Scullery, Larder, Tools, W.C., Coals, and Enclosed Yard. BEDROOM FLOOR. First Bedroom, 13 ft. 5 ins. × 15 ft. 6 ins. Second Bedroom, 10 ft. × 13 ft. 5 ins. Third Bedroom, 9 ft. 6 ins. × 9 ft. 6 ins. Bathroom (hot and cold water) and W.C. Spacious Attic (shown by dotted lines) and Boxrooms. Total cost, in 1903, £540. Cubical contents, 19,938 ft., at 6½_d._ per ft. cube, £540. By hanging a curtain, the alcove shown in the plan may be made private for writing or studying, if required. It may also be used for meals; and if a door communicates with the hall, the table may be laid by the maid unseen by the visitor, and the curtains afterwards drawn apart. Thus one of the disadvantages urged against the larger-sized houses with one large living room may be overcome. MATERIALS.—The cottage is built of whitewashed common bricks, with tarred plinth, the roof being covered with Peake’s dark brindled hand-made roofing tiles. It is without decoration, apart from what is afforded by the semicircular hood over the front door, the wrought-iron brackets supporting the gutters, and at the back a semicircular arch to give importance to the living room. There are shutters to all the ground floor windows, which are made to bolt from within. The view shown in Plate XL. is of the back. [Illustration: PLATE XL. SINGLE COTTAGE BACK. SEE PAGE 44.] Plates XLI. and XLII. show the staircase and dining room respectively. [Illustration: PLATE XLI. STAIRCASE OF SINGLE COTTAGE. SEE PAGE 44.] [Illustration: PLATE XLII. DINING ROOM—SINGLE COTTAGE. SEE PAGE 44.] DESCRIPTIONS OF PLATES XLIII. AND XLIV. PLATES XLIII. AND XLIV. SINGLE COTTAGE. [Illustration: FRONT ELEVATION BACK ELEVATION GROUND PLAN BEDROOM PLAN PLATE XLIII. SINGLE COTTAGE. SEE PAGE 46.] Plates XLIII. and XLIV. show the plan and view respectively of another type of single cottage, with the following accommodation:— GROUND FLOOR. Dining Room, 13 ft. × 19 ft., and small alcove. Drawing Room, 13 ft. × 16 ft. 6 ins., and bay. Kitchen, 9 ft. 6 ins. × 15 ft. Scullery, 8 ft. 6 ins. × 9 ft. 4 ins. Larder, Coals, Ashes, W.C., and Enclosed Yard. BEDROOM FLOOR. First Bedroom, 13 ft. × 13 ft. 4 ins. Second Bedroom, 12 ft. × 13 ft., and large bay. Third Bedroom, 9 ft. 6 ins. × 12 ft. Fourth Bedroom, 8 ft. 6 ins. × 13 ft. 4 ins. Bathroom, with Lavatory and W.C. Large Attic, extending over almost the whole of the four rooms.