Rural residences possibly fancier than in real life as there are no wood piles, barking dogs or outhouses. From an 1818 work by John B. Papworth who did another one with dressed up conservatories and ice houses. Published by Ackermann’s Repository.

Aspirational decor from folios and magazines., Drawings and sketches 4 Minutes
STEWARD’S COTTAGE. Plate 4, Image 27 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n27/mode/1up
A BATH. Frontispiece, Image 6 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n7/mode/1up
A BAILIFF’S COTTAGE. Plate 5, Image 33 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n33/mode/1up
GOTHIC COTTAGE. Plate 6, Image 39 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n39/mode/1up
A COTTAGE ORNE. Plate 12, Image 75 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n75/mode/1up
A COTTAGE ORNE. Plate 14, Image 87 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n87/mode/1up
PARK LODGE AND ENTRANCE. Plate 19, Image 117 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n117/mode/1up
A PARK ENTRANCE. Plate 20, Image 122 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n122/mode/1up
A VERANDAH. Image 157 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n157/mode/1up
A DOMESTIC CHAPEL. Plate 27, Image 161 of Rural residences, consisting of a series of designs for cottages, decorated cottages, small villas, and other ornamental buildings: accompanied by hints on situation, construction, arrangement and decoration, in the theory & practice of rural architecture; interspersed with some observations on landscape gardening. John B. Papworth, author. Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Strand (London), June 1818. Collections of the Caroline Simpson Library, Museums of History New South Wales. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/Papworth03155/page/n161/mode/1up

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