The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21
BOY, UNA|DED, BUILDS
HOUSE FOR PARENTS
Was His Own Architect, Quarry
man, Bricklayer, Carpenter
and So Forth
BORED 40 Fl. FOR WATER
Home Took Three Years to Build
and Was Occupied on Tween
ty-frst Birthday
'ORED 10 FT. FOR WATER
LONDON. Iuly %.

LONDON. July %
Though wholly untrained tor tho work
Dents boyinton. aged IS. has built A cot
iAge on the Cotswold nils. quarr,ed ,bs
stone Tor It, partly furnished :, culr-
Na'ed hal; an acre Of garden and an hv
himself. carried out tho sinking o.
we'll
The house. which took tho Ind ,n-Do
gears to complete. Is typ!cai r,,,aI
dwelling place. composed o, Two ~
rooms. living room. pao,,,, -.
anneN. large cellar ana a small -
10" ne cane to impose such ,,sc
upon himself ls remarkable sto-,. -,
-'uia teots perseverance, Denis Boyin-
Ion Is iainer living IN Leicester. had a
Aie.ons an hition to go back 10 ia
."nc so when In itf no had S251 lef,
10 MN nc put the money In INC hanss
OF his son Denis. who was then oniy II
years old -
After lot OF riding round tho ooup,r,
o" '!s o'cycic Denis bought with the 900
ao'eH OF impoverished land right on
De 'op Of the Cotswold hills. In Glouces-
iefsnire- AT spot near Cheltenhar ~
"a year Denis devoted hineel, TO tenr,n',
ine rot culuvatins part OF It. plnut!u.
a hedge around IL and building Il ltue
WOODEN shed. besides constructing yates
and mend.ns a wall
Plans to Build House
4nen ne began to consider the problem
o. building 4 dwelling house Having 40
e-litai' ms .ad of Is decided 70 H..
on his land and build stone co.
age with ms own HANDS with the sion.
ne you'd eXcavate
bNeFs one aligned at him and told Him
" "4s o MAD project Eveu ATS father
ini mothe- tried 20 G4ssuade atm T.,i
S...'.,'s sala iFe lad wolla ruin all
Hei IN ana The work would take MIN az
.essi I'VE years But Denis siupl. ar-o,
his plans. got them onicialy sanctioned
and eNpcrimentci for the best ro, ~
begin 10 quarry All through Inc spr..
mer of 1908 the lad worked in INC nolo
entirely by himself lie saw no one ssr
weeks sometimes AZ AIS quarry
hatly "a the spring @: $50 Ms Rovl,.
ton LAID tie foundation stone O., Tie III
age. ana Denis began work on Ito
oNi4eing ~ tho walls Al dlr.ns tho
l'--l0 winter Denis was chlnny occyD.st
IN making AN his window fraf1ea ana
doors. as Wei as moids for the concrete
After ;Ais water vas divnea under ma
p.ct. hnd the Lad began 20 sink q well.
He dug do"n twenty .eet with I,iie
ne.p' and then. hatlng 10 signs OF water.
he made troal old gas pipes "A borlrl.
ar.,a-aire and proceeded % bore "A ANAL
noie through the solid rock and st!cSy
''''--''5 .-il'.t4--.4--s way wiin Ills
PIPES. re got down another twenty .se,
and found water
Up on His 2lst Birthday
Shortly after he was joined by bis
father. and quickly the cottage was
rooted In and tae plaster On me ins.5a
walls had d-ied IN plenty ~ tine .or ito
or!lae7 70 celebrate hts tyenty-nrst
birthday IN December. 1910
= ;ew months after Dents san h.s
parents settled down IN the!s new home.
ana tnHn emigrated 20 Canada 70 earn
money 70 ray en- mortgage ta4t h.a
parents had been forced TO raise
This week ne sent an engagenlen, ring
to the cir TO waom he Is engaged to 10
married. anc now ne Is confident that b,
"!l soon De able to make a home o., h.s
own.