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 8-22 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. the pleasure-ground ; c, a lake, with islands ; d, the main walk house, and gradually becoming narrower as it recedes from it on each side, till, at the distance of the American garden, /, on the right, and the flower-garden, k, on the left, it is reduced from twelve feet to eight feet ; and when it arrives at the bridges, it is reduced to six feet; e e, the bridges over the lake ; f, the kitchen- court ; g, the stable-yard ; h, the melon- ground ; i, the kitchen-garden ; k, the flower-garden ; /, the American garden ; and m, irregular groups of showy flowers and shrubs. The house, as seen at the point n, on the approach from the left, will appear as in fig. 1443. 1738. Accommodation. The ground floor, fig. 1442, contains a portico, a; entrance hall and billiard-room, b, twenty- four feet by eighteen feet ; drawingroom, c, forty feet by twenty feet ; library, d, twenty-four feet by eighteen feet ; prin- cipal staircase and lobby, e; and dining- room,^ twenty-eight feet by twenty feet : all these apartments are thirteen feet high. There are a butler's pantry, g, with plate-closet, k, adjoining; back staircase, i ; pantry, k ; dairy, / ; servants' hall, m ; scullery, 7i ; kitchen, a ; entrance to the oflSces, p ; place for cleaning shoes, q ; place for cleaning knives, r ; dust-hole, s ; place for wood, t ; place for coals, u ; groom's room, v ; laundry, w, twenty feet by eighteen feet ; wash-house, x, twenty feet by eighteen feet ; dung-pit, y ; three coach-houses, z ; nag stable for two horses, a!; saddle-horse stable for three horses, twenty-six feet by eighteen feet, b' ; harness-room, c'; coach-horse stable for three horses, twenty-six feet by eighteen feet, </; stable-yard, e'; kitchen and drying yard,/'; covered way to the laundry, by the stable, g, leading into the kitchen-lobby at one end, and into the stable-yard lobby at the other. Fig. 1444 is a plan of the chamber floor, containing a principal staircase, a; four best bed- rooms, b; bath-room, c; four dressing- rooms, d ; corridor, e ; nursery, f; four family bed-rooms, g ; linen-closet, h ; and back staircase, i. 1739. Construction. The walls are ^apposed to be of brick, covered with Roman cement, coloured in imitation of stone, and the roof slated. 1740. General Estimate. The entire contents of the house are 164,648 feet, which may be estimated at nine-pence per foot, or £6174 : 14s. : 4d.; those of the offices, 67,764 feet, which may be esti- mated at sixpence per foot, or £1694 : 2s. 1741. Remarks. This Design has been furnished us by an eminent Villa Archi- tect. It is remarkably complete, more particularly in respect to its kitchen and stable offices. We have supposed it to broadest in front of the