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171 s i d e s d e p e n d in g on t h e b u i l d e r ’ s p r e f e r e n c e . The main b r o a d s i d e , t h e " to p " o f t h e " T ," may fa c e t h e s t r e e t and have one o r two f r o n t d o o r s . T h a t a rra n g e m e n t w ith r e s p e c t t o t h e s t r e e t g i v e s t h e t w o - s t o r y "T" house th e c h a r a c t e r o f t h e " I " o r t w o - s t o r y w i t h d o rm ers ( F i g . 7 7 ) , and i n f a c t may b e i n d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e from t w o - s t o r y r e c t a n g l e s , u n l e s s th e r e a r g a b le c a n be s e e n . But p r o b a b l y h a l f o r more o f a l l "T" h o u se s t a k e on a d i f f e r e n t c h a r a c t e r when t h e main b ro a d ­ s id e i s p la ce d p e rp e n d ic u la r t o th e s t r e e t . T h is a rra n g e m e n t n e c e s s i t a t e s a f r o n t door on t h e " s t e m , " o r " c o t t a g e w in g ," o f t h e "T" and a s t r e e t - f a c i n g g a b le ( F i g s . 78, 7 9 ) . T h is p l a n i s r e f e r r e d t o h e r e a s t h e g a b l e - f a c a d e " T ," b u t i s n o t c o n s i d e r e d t o be a s e p a r a t e house ty p e b e c a u s e th e b a s i c f l o o r p l a n i s i d e n t i c a l i n t h e two v a r i e t i e s . Some "T" h o u s e s have a t w o - s t o r y main r e c t a n g u l a r s e c t i o n and a o n e - s t o r y c o t t a g e wing ( F ig . 8 0 ) . The c o t t a g e wing may be p a r t o f t h e o r i g i n a l c o n s t r u c t i o n , b u t most of them a p p e a r t o be l a t e r a d d i t i o n s a t t a c h e d t o t h e r e a r o f an o r i g i n a l r e c ta n g u la r nouse. T h is ty p e r e p r e s e n t s one of th e e a r l i e s t s t a g e s i n t h e e v o l u t i o n o f "T" f l o o r p l a n s . F lo o r p l a n s on th e c o t t a g e wing of t h e "T" house re m a in r a t h e r c o n s t a n t , e v e n when a b r o a d s i d e o f t h a t s e c t i o n fa c e s th e s t r e e t . U s u a lly one f r o n t and one r e a r d o o r a r e p la ce d r a th e r c lo se (w ith in s i x f e e t) t o th e in te r s e c tin g w a l l s o f t h e main s e c t i o n , th o u g h o c c a s i o n a l l y t h e r e a r e two f r o n t d o o rs , one d i r e c t l y abov e t h e ground f l o o r e n t r a n c e , t h u s p r e s e r v i n g t h e symmetry o f t h e " I " h o u s e . As e x p e c te d , Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.