![]() The break in the outline caused by the hip-roof and the little gable that tops it, when seen from different points of view, present much variety in shape, suggestive of more elaborate design (Illus. This arrangement is often beautiful in its proportions. At the back of the cottage the main roof may be continued to within four or five feet (sometimes less) of the ground. In many buildings the hip-rcof is continued downwards from the height of the eaves by a lean-to forming the roof of the woodshed. One or both ends of the main roof may be hipped, with the apex of the hip-roof surmounted by a little gable. It is oblong in plan, and covered lengthways by a high-pitched roof of tiles or stone slabs, or by a still steeper one of thatch. The farm or cottage is commonly a two-storied one half-timbered, and set on a low foundation wall of rough stone. The recurrence and accidental grouping of a few prevailing shapes, themselves simple in form, bring about an infinite variety in the sky-line of a Sussex homestead. We cannot do better than take their construction piecemeal. My drawings incidentally present buildings that are typical of some Surrey and Sussex villages. Some outstanding features of cottages may, however, without straying from our subject, be illustrated, as they afford instances for the practical application of Perspective rules. As this book deals only with Perspective, a description of cottage architecture would be out of bounds. ![]()
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