Country cottage

The country cottage is a Maison traditional originating in Suisse, in Bois.

The Swiss style of country cottage is a style of architecture which comes from the Germany to the current of the 19th century. The Swiss style of Chalet had a certain popularity in Europe and North America.

The country cottages generally have a Toit inclined so that the Neige does not accumulate there in Hiver. The country cottage, contrary to the Bungalow, is not surrounded by a Véranda or a terrace, the Architecture of the country cottages being adapted to the Hiver S snow-covered Suisse S.

The word country cottage comes from the Romand and was introduced in France by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

This style is characterized by:

of the roofs to the pinion with broad gutters
of the beams of construction exposed with cuttings decorative
of the balconies on the second floor
of large windows and wood panels, usually painted luminous colors.

Mazot

There exist small country cottages of mountain pasture with a low ceiling: mazots. A mazot can be used as appendix with a larger country cottage, one can store also there straw or hay, wood or material.

They often were built dismountable to be moved from one mountain pasture to another and rest, not fixed, on, at least, four blocks of rock.

See too

Raccard

External bond

the origin of the word country cottage

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