ABSTRACT
The cottage orne was one of the most ubiquitous and engaging results of the Picturesque approach to architecture in the early 19th century. The four indispensable requisites for the situation of a country residence, its soil, water, escape of the latter, and the aspect of the building itself, being considered, it will be proper to notice other essentials, which, though of a secondary nature, are of importance to its pleasurable intention. The result being favourable, and the surrounding scenery affording those beauties which constitute the charm of the country, it will then be proper to determine on the character and form of the house itself; its size being determined by the number and quality of the family, and by the nature of its appropriation: the peculiar features of the spot itself, or the natural character of the country, will properly give the style of the building to be erected.
