DOI issue:
No. 96 (March, 1901)
DOI article:Wood, Esther: Some modern cottages
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19787#0133
the domestic arrangements will
then be eased by employing
servants resident in the neigh-
bourhood, and going home like
day-labourers when their work is
done. The building and fitting-
up of such cottages should be
so contrived — with the many
labour-saving appliances above
suggested—as to lessen in every
possible way the dependence of
the inmates upon outside help.
fireplace-end of the common room in a fair of cottages There will, of COUTSe, be nO
o. ll. morris, architect fetching and carrying of water
from the well or faggots from
or lobby, that is reached by a flight of external the wood, our age having finally refused Arcadian
steps, with a parlour on the right and scullery on labours, however romantic and picturesque they
the left, is followed by an almost similar arrange- may be.
ment of rooms on the first floor, approached The modern cottage does not allow for any
by a staircase leading off the living-room; a heavy domestic work to be done on the old-fashioned
passage or landing at the head of the stairs con- scale. The ancient homestead, however humble,
nects the three rooms, the bedroom on the left made provision for baking, brewing, washing, and
running over the porch and steps. The roof is in many cases dairy-work also, to be done on the
covered with brown tiles, the first floor hung premises, each family having its appointed days for
with bright red. The shutters to the windows every task. But for these purposes special out-
are requind, and not placed there merely for houses and lean-to sheds were built around the
ornament, as the tenant will occasionally lock up dwelling, and it was only when—as land became
and leave the house. Up to the first floor the dearer and these fell into decay—such wholesale
walls are of brick. and lengthy labours were brought into the cottage
There can be no doubt that the modern habit of itself that the inconvenience and time-waste of the
living in flats has affected domestic architecture system was realised, and the substitution of properly-
even to its cottages, by stimulating the demand equipped bakeries and laundries, etc., resulted,
for such time-saving appliances as will enable the Moreover, the modern family has ceased to yield
haus-frau to absent herself for a few hours without the same retinue of women who in our grand-
having the pleasure of home-coming marred by the mothers' days were always at hand to bake, brew,
old difficulty and delay of getting up steam afresh and churn for the household. Deplore it as we
in the household machinery. A country cottage may, the washhouse has now given place to the
will often be made a week-end or holiday resort for bicycle-shed, and the photographic dark room has
families keeping a larger establishment in town, and even ousted the conservatory. The private oven
in
then be eased by employing
servants resident in the neigh-
bourhood, and going home like
day-labourers when their work is
done. The building and fitting-
up of such cottages should be
so contrived — with the many
labour-saving appliances above
suggested—as to lessen in every
possible way the dependence of
the inmates upon outside help.
fireplace-end of the common room in a fair of cottages There will, of COUTSe, be nO
o. ll. morris, architect fetching and carrying of water
from the well or faggots from
or lobby, that is reached by a flight of external the wood, our age having finally refused Arcadian
steps, with a parlour on the right and scullery on labours, however romantic and picturesque they
the left, is followed by an almost similar arrange- may be.
ment of rooms on the first floor, approached The modern cottage does not allow for any
by a staircase leading off the living-room; a heavy domestic work to be done on the old-fashioned
passage or landing at the head of the stairs con- scale. The ancient homestead, however humble,
nects the three rooms, the bedroom on the left made provision for baking, brewing, washing, and
running over the porch and steps. The roof is in many cases dairy-work also, to be done on the
covered with brown tiles, the first floor hung premises, each family having its appointed days for
with bright red. The shutters to the windows every task. But for these purposes special out-
are requind, and not placed there merely for houses and lean-to sheds were built around the
ornament, as the tenant will occasionally lock up dwelling, and it was only when—as land became
and leave the house. Up to the first floor the dearer and these fell into decay—such wholesale
walls are of brick. and lengthy labours were brought into the cottage
There can be no doubt that the modern habit of itself that the inconvenience and time-waste of the
living in flats has affected domestic architecture system was realised, and the substitution of properly-
even to its cottages, by stimulating the demand equipped bakeries and laundries, etc., resulted,
for such time-saving appliances as will enable the Moreover, the modern family has ceased to yield
haus-frau to absent herself for a few hours without the same retinue of women who in our grand-
having the pleasure of home-coming marred by the mothers' days were always at hand to bake, brew,
old difficulty and delay of getting up steam afresh and churn for the household. Deplore it as we
in the household machinery. A country cottage may, the washhouse has now given place to the
will often be made a week-end or holiday resort for bicycle-shed, and the photographic dark room has
families keeping a larger establishment in town, and even ousted the conservatory. The private oven
in