Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-08-07
MOVABLE IRON HOUSES.
Ohe Tor the Queen at Osborne and An.
other for Gladstone.

other for Gladstone.
The Queens pavilion. which formed
an ornamental feature of the Windsor
Show, is to be erected in the grounds at
Osborne. An article in the London
standard explains that the Queen has
been suffering from rheumatism of late,
and her summer practice of breakfasting
in tent upon the lawn may have done
much to encourage this painful malady.
The pavilion is to be placed upon a basis
OF hard concrete so that her Majesty
may be able to enjoy her meal almost in
the open air without risk of damp.
The success of the pavilion has given
an impetus to the trade in iron houses.
Mr.. Gladstone, we are Informed. ia
having an iron library erected at
Hawarden. 1t is to contain $4,000 vol
umes. He takes the liveliest interest
IN the building, and watches every de-
tail of the erection. The house con-
tains five rooms, the largest one measur-
ing Al feet by FL. Cases are being made
to hold twenty tons of books. Mr..
Gladstone intends the library for quiet
study, and therefore proposes to admit
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houses are put together like child's
puzzle, and can be taken apart. COM
pactly packed, and removed elsewhere.
A large number of iron villas have been
sent from the works at Albert-Gate to
the Riviera and there erected upon plots
OF land purchased or rented for a term
OF years. When the lease expires the
houses can be packed up and removed.
There is beginning to be a demand for
iron bungalows as marine residences in
England. The rapidity with which
they can be built and their small cost
as compared with the ordinary dwelling
OF brick and stone, are recommendations
which tell in their favor.
The possibility of having house
built in a month to the buyers own
plan and ready for occupation as soon
as finished seems almost incredible.
The pretty Welcome club at the Italian
and American exhibitions was made of
iron, and Its cost-e3O0-wil give some
idea of the comparative price of brick
and iron. Ii was covered with trellis
work, which impaired picturesque and
rural aspect to the outside. In its UNI
covered state the corrugated iron can
not be said to be ornamental. but the
trellis work embelishes it at a small
cost II is suggested by the manufact-
urers that matching the roofs with
heather would add to the pictorial eff
feet and also give additional protection
to the roof. Heather from Bournemouth
thus applied would last for fifteen wears
or more. The matching would aid in
Keeping the house cool in summer and
warm in winter. though this double de-
sideratum has already been secured by
the air spaces between the outer iron
walls and the inner ones of felt and pine
wood.
1t is now feasible to add an additional
room to the ordinary brick dwelling
house. where such an accommodation is
needed. Being removable. it is the
property of the tenant, so that the OBJ
lection felt by most people against
building for the ultimate benefit of ones
landlord does not hold good in such a
case. Stabling and coach houses can. in
the same way, be temporarily erected.
As play-room or school-room for chill
dren, a detached iron building commune
eating with the house by covered way
would frequently prove a boon to the
brain-working father Of the family: and
in times of illness it would be possible,
by this means. to isolate patient COM
pletely from the other members of the
family.
There is no damp to be apprehended /
in an iron house. A useful present to a
village would be an iron play-room,
which could be built in a week. A /
building costing COCO can be erected in I
a fortnight The price of room meas
uring twenty feet by thirteen feet I
would be about $50. The cost OF remov-
al is from Is upward With this novel t
architecture it would be possible to re-
side in ones own house at different
seaside resort in England every year by
having an iron house removed in this
way. The brickwork chimney is pre-
ierred to any other by the builders of
ron houses, no mode Of heating being 50
wholesome as the open CRATE. with di-
'ect ventilation. There are other meth
IDS of warming rooms. and some of them
ire sufficiently satisfactory when the
Tentilation has been properly secured.
The drainage can be worked on the
Usual plan. il this be preferred to the
impler mode recommended by the orig
nator of the iron houses.
Cow-Hide Horseshoes.