2 OCTOBER 1920, Page 13

A TWO - STOREYED PISE COTTAGE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1

SIR, —Your readers will doubtless be interested to know• that at the Building School for ex-officers, at Hornehurch, near Rumford, we have completed, except for a few internal fittings, what I believe to be the first two-storey pis4-de-terre cottage in England. We are anxious to improve the amenities of the school during the coming winter, and would be most grateful if any of your readers could help us to equip the recreation room with a cottage piano, some easy-chairs, a writing-table, some rugs, draughtsmen and chessmen with boards, and some light literature. We shall welcome also any technical looks on building and the offer of one or more prizes for the examina- tion in building which will take place after the course of lectures to be given during the winter months. Any offers of assistance to he addressed to Tim Secretary, Exervis Cot-ape/1h 11 Regent Street, London, W.—I am, Sir, &c., F. MAURICE, Major-General.