INDEX.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Z.

Introduction, 3-48 “Albert Hall of Arts”, 131 Architectural history, 16 Architectural orders, 20 et seq. Architecture and gardening, 46, 312 Architecture, English, 25 Architecture, Grecian, &c., 11 Architecture, Mexican, &c., 26 Architecture, origin of, 8 Architecture, principles of, 27 Architecture, Roman, 23 Architecture, Suburban, 29 Architectural symmetry, &c., 31 Arnott’s, Dr., system of warming, 357 Arnott’s ventilator, 414 Aspect of a house, 36 Asphalte as a paving, 235 Atmosphere, the, and smoke, 431 Bacon, Lord, on house construction, 256 Balconet, an iron, 331 Balconet, design for a, 123 Balusters for a staircase, 277 Balustrade, a garden, 363 et seq. Balustrade, Elizabethan, 181 Balustrade for a staircase, 282 Balustrades, stone, 247 Balustrading, cut wood, 279 Balustrading, designs for iron, &c., 299 Balustrading, house and garden, 204 et seq. Barge-board, 247 Bath-house, design for a, 214 Bower, garden, rooms, 242 Boyd’s flue, 414 Bricks, ventilating, 157, 170 Buildings, foundation of, 151 Carving by machinery, 278 Casements, iron, 220 Castle, Gunnarstrop, Sweden, 464 Ceiling, a dining-room, 288 Ceiling and cornices, 44 Ceiling, drawing-room and library, 290, 291 Ceiling for a drawing-room, 166 Ceiling for a hall, 286 Ceiling, ornament for a, 61 Ceilings, ornamental, various, 313 et seq. Ceilings, plaster ornament for, 161 Chalk concrete, 83 Chapel, design for a Roman Catholic, 210 Cheshire wooden houses, 233 Chimney-piece, ancient, at Enfield, 228 Chimney-pieces, designs for, 80, 81, 319 Chimney-pot, ornamented, 329, 330, 423 Chimney stack, ancient, 74 Churches, concrete, 96 Clunch, 246 Concrete as a foundation, 152 Concrete, chalk, 83 Concrete churches, 96 Concrete construction, 82 Concrete cottages, 83 Concrete, nature, cost, &c., of, 91 Concrete, remarks on, 93 Concrete sewers, 96 Concrete walls, 92 Construction, fire-proof, 156 Construction, concrete, 82 Corbels, 172 Corbel, French cut-wood, 403 Corbels, ragstone, 392 Cornice and ceiling, 44 Cornice, design for a plaster drawing-room, 101 Cornice for a drawing-room, 166 Cottage, design for a picturesque, 62 Cottage, double, design for a, 66, 72 Cottage, gardener’s, 50 Cottages, Hampshire, Kentish, &c., 88 et seq. Cottage or lodge, design for a small, 58 Cottage or lodge, design for a huntsman’s, 78 Country house, design for a small, 174 Country villa, design for a, 182 Cubitt’s flues, 407 Dab houses, 251 Damp walls, 152 Damp, wash to prevent, in walls, 159 Deals, stained, 45 Decoration external and internal, 42 Denley’s flue, 413 Door, entrance for a hall, 458 Door ornaments, 69 Doric order, 20 Drain-eye, 450 Egyptian architecture, 19 Elizabethan balustrades, 181 Elizabethan villa, 280 Encaustic tiles, 460 English architecture, 25 Escutcheon, design of an, 69 Escutcheon, key, 172 Finials, 109 Finials, roof, 80 Fireplace for a hall, 284 Fireplace, the, 404 Fire-proof construction, 156 Fire-proofing, 158 Flue construction, 405 et seq. Flue pedestal, the, 446 Flues, Cubitt’s, 407 Flues, various, 405 et seq. Fogs, London, and smoke, 443 Foundations, concrete, 152 Foundations of buildings, 151 Fountain, an ancient nymph’s, 47 Fountain, garden, 49 Fountain, garden, design for a, 469 Fountains, various designs for, 307 French villas, roofs, zinc work, &c., 273 Frieze, external, 173 Frieze for dining and drawing-room, 178 Frieze, plaster, for a drawing-room, 65 Gable, ornamental, 170, 220, 300 Gardens, ancient, 312 Gardens and architecture, 45 Garden, architectural, 313 Garden bower rooms, 242 Gardener’s cottage, 50 Garden fountain, 49 Garden gate, a, 204 Garden gate, design for a, 95 Garden, gate to a flower, 265 Garden or summer villa, 302 Garden summer house, 262 Garden steps, 197 Garden seat, design for a, 361 Garden, vignette plan of an Old English, 119 Gate, a garden, 265 Gates, iron, in Hyde Park, 128 Gate lodge, Hyde Park, 125 Gates, Park, 149 Gates of London Parks, 139 Gothic, modern, 24 Gothic screen, 205 Gothic style, 10 Gothic window, 204 Grecian architecture, 11 Gunnarstrop castle, Sweden, 464 Half-Timbered houses, 248 Hall ceiling, 286 Hall fireplace, 284 Hall, lecture, design for a, 456 “Hall of Arts and Sciences,” Kensington, 133 Hall stove, 285 Hall, stove for entrance of a, 120 Hampshire cottages, 88 Handle, design for a door, 69 Harrington estate, the, 136 Harrington House, Queen’s Palace Gardens, 476 Houses, foundations of, 151 Haum as a building material, 249 Hiort’s flue, 412 Hot-water apparatus, 349 House, a bachelor’s, 401 House, a garden summer, 262 Houses, aspect of, 36 Houses, dab and wattle, 251 House construction, Lord Bacon on, 256 House, design for a small country, 174 Houses, heating of, 34 Houses in Kent, 249 Houses, noggin, &c., 249 Houses, post-and-pan, 252 Houses, site, &c. of, 351 Houses, warming of, 351 Hyde Park, Queen’s Gate, entrance to, 139 Hyde Park Corner Gate, 140 Ice-house, design for a, 370 Kensington Gardens, 140 Kent ragstone, 176 Kentish cottages, 91 Kentish village houses, 249 Key escutcheons, 172 Knocker, 172 Library, elevation of a small, 200 Literary Institution, design for a, 456 Lodge, a park, 102 Lodge and gateway, design for, 112 Lodges of London Parks, 142 Lodge or cottage, a huntsman’s, 78 Lodge or cottage, design for a small, 56 Lodge, park entrance, 104 Lodge, Queen’s Gate, Hyde Park, 125 Machine-carving, 278 Mantel-pieces, 44 Maisonette, a French, 268 Meat-jack, design for a, 267 Moule’s earth system, 241 Moon’s flue, 412 Mud walls, 90 Noggin houses, 249 Orders of architecture, 20 et seq. Origin of architecture, 8 Paper hangings, 42 Parge-boards, 247 Pargetting, &c., 248 Park, entrance lodge and gateway, 112 Park lodge, design for a, 99 Park lodge entrance, 104 Parks, history of the London, 139 Parks, the Royal, 139 Pedestals, ornamental, 326 Pedestal, the flue, 446 Pendants, &c., 289 Perkins’ hot-water apparatus, 350 Picturesque cottage, design for a, 62 Picturesque defined, 5 Pipes, elevation of Elizabethan lead-water, 55 Plaster frieze for a drawing-room, 65 Plaster ornament for a ceiling, 161 Porch, design for an entrance, 225 Portico, elevation of, 180 Post-and-pan houses, 252 Pots, ornamental chimney, 423 Prevention of damp, 151 Queen Anne’s garden, 140 Queen’s Gate, iron-work of, 143 Queen’s Gate Lodge, 125, 142 Ragstone, Kentish, 176 Railing, French, in iron, 190 Railing, park, 147 Railing, ornamental, 81 Riding-house and stabling, 389 Reading-room, design for a, 208 Rectory, design for a small country, 162 Retreat, a small country, 268 Roman Architecture, 23 Roman Temple, 5 Roof, French style of, 275 Roofs, iron, 348 Roof ornaments, design for wood, 463 Rose Hill Villa, 82 Rotunda at Bank of England, 158 Rushton Hall, 283 Schools, design for, 208 School, design for a village Sunday, 70 School, village, 208 Screen, Gothic, 205 Screen, hall, 206 Sculptor’s villa, 338 Serpentine, the, 140 Sewers, a receptacle for soot, 438 Sewer gases in houses, 436 Sewers, concrete, 96 Situation of a house, 38 Smith’s, Seth, flue, 412 Smoke Nuisance Act, 452 Smoke Prevention, 405 Smoke purified, by a spray of water, from soot, 441 Smoky chimneys, 427 Soot and the sewers, 436 Soot, prevention of, 428 Soot, removal of, from smoke, 433 Soot, value of, 451 Spiral staircase, 61 Stabling and riding-houses, 389 Stack flues, 417 Stair, best proportions of a, 231 Staircase balustrade, 277, 282 Staircases, construction of, 194 Staircase railing, French, in iron, 190 Staircase, spiral, 61 Steps, garden, 197 Stone balustrades, 173 Stove, design for an entrance hall, 120 Stove for a hall, 285 Styles of architecture, 10 Style, Gothic, 10 Summer house, or garden, 262 Summer or garden villa, 302 Summer room, design for a, 214 Sunday school, village, design for a, 70 Tall-boys, 416 Taste in architecture, 15 Terrace, ironwork, 297 Tiles, design for ornamental, 189 Tiles, encaustic, 460 Tiles, ornamental, 187 Turn-buckle, 221 Ventilation, general principles of, 32 Ventilation, 411 Verandahs, 375 Verge-board, 247 Villa, a sculptor’s, 338 Villa, design for a country, 182 Villa, design for a small country, 222 Villa, double suburban, 192 Villa, Elizabethan, 280 Villa, French, 268 Villa, old English wooden, 232 Villa, suburban, design for a, 382 Villa, suburban, design for a, 373 Villa, summer or garden, 302 Villa, summer, for Count Kinski, 470 Village schools, 208 Wainscoting, 285 Walls, concrete, 92 Walls, damp, 152 Walls, how to cure damp, 160 Warming houses, 34, 351 Water, for removing soot from smoke, 440 Wattle houses, 251 Weathercock, design for a, 261, 381 Window, design for a decorated, 336 Window, Gothic, 204 Window, ironwork for, 297 Wooden villa, old English, 232 Wood-noggin houses, 249 Woodwork, French, pine, 186 Woodwork, French, 275 Zinc, French ornamental work in, 274

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