Attic Bedrooms

Attic bedrooms may be so planned as to afford a valuable addition to the accommodation of a country house. A more extended view is generally to be obtained from these rooms than from the rest of the house, and as they may be made quite as comfortable, though not, of course, so symmetrical, as the second floor chambers, they deserve a fair share of consideration; and the economical advantages they offer have frequently led me, in practice, to advise the use of a high-pitched roof. The acute angle of the roof precludes the possibility of any large surface being exposed to the vertical rays of the sun, and the flat on the top, being furred down some three or four feet, supplies an air-chamber above the attic ceiling that acts as a satisfactory shield from the heat.