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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
N. 0 • 1 nnd 3 bed room on each end of the front gallery 10 by 12ft N. 0 2 Front gallery 34 feet long 10 feet wide-· The whole of the sills, posts and floors of this and all the other galleries ought to be of cedar or they will rot from the wet in a few years . • • N. 0 4 Dining room, 24 feet square-a door in the South west cor- ner which opens into the front gallery, another in north west corner which opens into the back gallery The upper part of this last door ought to be of glass- A. door into the passage, and a glass door in the South east corner on the gallery of the east wing marked G D- N. 0 5 Passage 10 feet by 24-a do01; at each end with a half round window over head of each door N. 0 • 6 and 7 Bed room 12 by 24 with a corn·er fire place in each out • of N. 0 7 a door of glass at GD to open to the back gallery of tlie west wing • N. 0 8 West wing 14 by 16 with a fireplace and a Gallery on each side 5 feet wide • N. 0 9 A. closet on the back gallery of the west wing N. 0 • 10 and 11 childrens bed rooms, through which there is a com- munication into the back gallery without having to go round through the passage N. 0 12 Back gallery 12 by 18 feet- This will be useful to break- fast or Dine in the summer and to keep the water buckets and wash bowls &c &c- N. 0 13 Pantry, which opens into the back gallery and is adjoining to the dining room, through the G D at the north west corner N. 0 14 Store room 12 feet square-such a room is indispensable to keep liquors and necessaries of various kinds in- N. 0 15 Closet on the back gallery of the enst wing N. 0 16 East wing- This is S. F. Austins room and is to be finished expressly for him In the passage there must be a stair case to go up into the garret where there ma.y be two good winter bed rooms, one at each end, with windows in the gable ends-the roofs of the wings need not be as high as the main body-in fact they might .be made flat roofs with a door to go out of the garret on them, sons to have a view of the bay- .Agreeably to this plan the west half nnd west wing of the house can be made entirely private, for family use- for besides the doors into the passage out of N. 0 • 6 a.nd 7 there will be two private back doors, one out of N. 0 7 on to the back gallery of the west wing, and one through the
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