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    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy
    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy
    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy
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    The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy

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      The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 11, November, 1895 The Country Houses of Normandy - Various Various

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      Title: The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol 1, No. 11, November, 1895

      The Country Houses of Normandy

      Author: Various

      Release Date: February 12, 2005 [EBook #15020]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNTRY HOUSES OF NORMANDY ***

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      The Brochure Series

      OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATION.

      LXXXI.

      Ferme la Vallauine, Normandy.

      THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF NORMANDY.

      THE houses chosen for illustration in this number are of different types, of different dates, built for men of different stations in life, and are constructed of different materials. They are, however, all in the province of Normandy, in northern France, and they are all situated outside the towns; further than this it may not be well to go in attempting to classify them under one head. Like the subjects chosen for our last issue, they contain many suggestive ideas for treatment of similar problems in our own country, and for this reason they deserve special attention.

      The tendency among the French has always been strong to build their houses in compact groups, and detached buildings with free space on all sides are the exception even in the country. Mr. Louis H. Gibson, whose book Beautiful Houses we have noticed in another column, says of the French domestic architecture:—

      "Excepting the châteaux, the structures of which we have the completest record are almost entirely buildings fronting directly on the street or road. In France it is rare indeed that one sees an isolated building with a free passage around it, as is common in our American towns and cities. It is not at all uncommon for a farm building to

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