The Architecture of Country Houses, by A.J. Downing - Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

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🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Let’s continue Listener Request Month with this guide to country buildings, by which I mean a treatise on the morality of housing, the meaning of beauty, and the art of proportion. Whatever it is, it’s relaxing!

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0:00.0	Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.
0:08.0	I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you
0:16.9	get some sleep. Before we begin I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our Patreon family.
0:27.0	Cynthia, Red Lucy, Diane, Diane, David, Anne, and Humphrey.
0:37.0	Thank you all so much for supporting this podcast by By becoming members of Patreon, you help us remain 100% listener
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0:56.9	boring books for bedtime and finding out more about the perks available to
1:01.5	subscribers including collections by topic and exclusive
1:06.8	episodes heard nowhere else.
1:10.0	You'll find a link to Patreon in the show description. You'll also find a link to buy me
1:16.3	a coffee.com where you can support us with a one-time tip, no subscription required.
1:24.1	I hope you'll take a moment to check them out.
1:28.4	Now let's read and relax. Find a comfortable spot. Adjust your volume. Take a nice deep breath in.
1:45.0	Let it out slowly.
1:50.0	And off we go.
1:56.0	Tonight we're continuing a month of listener requests with another new book.
2:02.0	Let's relax with the architecture of country houses,
2:07.0	including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming
2:19.0	and ventilating, with 320 illustrations
2:24.0	illustrations by A.J. Downing,
2:27.0	author of designs for cottage residences,
2:31.0	hints to persons about building, etc.
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