Download or read book Garden Houses and Privies written by Peter Joel Harrison and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-10-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential component of homes and commercial buildings before the advent of indoor plumbing, privies--also known as "garden houses"--have found new uses as storage sheds, pool houses, etc. In this pattern book of 18th- and 19th-century designs, Harrison has painstakingly documented existing historic structures and translated them into beautiful line drawings, including compelling details such as finials, doors, windows, and ventilators.