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140 w ith , th e te m p o ra ry c a b in form s d is c u s s e d in C h a p te r I I I ( F ig . 4 6 ) . U n lik e th e c a b in , s in g le - r o o m c o tta g e ty p e s have w e ll b u i l t g a b le r o o f s w ith s h i n g l e s and r a f t e r s and o f te n an a t t i c , and a r e m ost f r e q u e n t l y p e rc h e d on s o l i d m asonry f o u n d a tio n s . They do, how ever, p r e s e r v e th e f l o o r p la n t y p i c a l o f th e n e a r - s q u a r e c a b in s ; in f a c t , many s in g le -ro o m h o u ses a r e c o n v e r te d o r re m o d e led from c a b i n s . The ro o m x d im e n sio n s v a ry b etw een 11 by 13 f e e t t o 18 by 20 f e e t , b u t th e m ost t y p i c a l i s 14 by 16 f e e t o r 15 by 17 f e e t . T h is p e rh a p s i s s l i g h t l y l a r g e r th a n th e a v e ra g e c a b in f l o o r p la n b u t seem s n o t t o d i f f e r from m ain room s i z e s i n o th e r f o lk h o u s e s , r e g a r d l e s s o f th e s i z e o f th e h o u s e . T h ere i s t h a t o c c a s io n a l o d d ity , how ever, w hich may be much l a r g e r o r s m a l le r th a n t y p i c a l . The s im p le s t and m ost n e a r l y u n i v e r s a l way t o add sp ac e t o th e s in g le -ro o m c o t ta g e i s t o c o n s t r u c t a l e a n - t o on th e r e a r b r o a d s id e ( F ig s . 4 7 , 4 8 ) . T h is i s done a t th e i n i t i a l tim e o f c o n s t r u c t i o n o r added l a t e r , b u t i n e i t h e r c a s e , th e r o o f o f th e l e a n - t o on m ost s in g le -ro o m c o tt a g e s c o n ta in s i t s own r a f t e r s s l a n t i n g a t a re d u c e d a n g le w ith r e s p e c t t o t h a t o f th e main r o o f , r e n d e r in g an a s s y m e tr ic a l o r b ro k e n a n g le t o th e r e a r r o o f s l o p e . The l e a n - t o s e r v e s m a in ly a s a k itc h e n , b u t som etim es a l i g h t p a r t i t i o n may e n c lo s e a s m a ll bedroom o r p a n t r y . I n a d d i t i o n t o th e l e a n - t o , th e a t t i c , i f made a c c e s s i b l e , may f u n c tio n a s s l e e p i n g q u a r t e r s f o r a c h i l d o r fo r s to ra g e . A s m a ll u n o b tr u s iv e s t a i r c a s e o r la d d e r may r i s e t o th e a t t i c from one c o r n e r o f th e h o u se. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.