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The Rizal Shrine in Calamba is an example of bahay na bato.. Báhay na bató (Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan languages as baláy na bató or balay nga bato, and in Spanish language as Casa de Filipina is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines.
[19] [20] At a Runcorn Urban District Council meeting in June 1905 it was decided to carry out the plans for the library alteration and extension using the £3,000 gifted by Carnegie. [21] An exterior wall of Waterloo House formed an interior wall of the extended library, both buildings housing the library; the lending department in Waterloo ...
Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.
The house, which was later altered and extended, is in sandstone and has a pantile roof with gable coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and attics, four bays, and a rear cross-wing. On the front is a doorway and sash windows, most of which are horizontally-sliding, and a casement window. The attic contains gabled brick dormers with ...
The steps leading up to the front door extend onto the narrow brick pavement in front of the house. The fenestration is symmetrical comprising a centrally situated entrance flanked by a pair of Georgian six-over-six sash windows that are set back from flush with the fabric of the elevation.
The combination stair is a T-shaped compromise design popular in the nineteenth century that was found in some moderate-sized houses. [1] In this design, both the formal front stair and the utilitarian back stair ran to a common intermediate landing. [2] One common stair then extended from this intermediate landing to the second floor of the house.
The house mostly sits on timber stumps with concrete footings, but the perimeter stumps have been replaced by brick piers with arched timber battening between. A centrally positioned divided brick stair, with a gabled portico above, gives access to the front verandah and front entrance.
The house's staircases are stacked atop one another. There is a staircase between the basement and first floor along the extreme eastern end of the house. At the basement level, there is a wooden-paneled wall separating the staircase from the basement hallway. At the bottom of the steps is a door and a brass bell mounted onto the wall. [30]