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 82(j COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1 ll 9 fl 1 ^ u c t i 1 "' i C " ^ L l_-l t^J l—L^j, p 1 Design III. — A Suhurhan Villa of Two Acres and a half, the House and Grounds built and laid out hy an Architect for his own Residence. 1746. T7ie Situation of this villa is within a mile and a half of London, on a surface which originally sloped gently to the north ; but which had been rendered as irregidar as could be desired, by pits excavated for gravel and brick earth. By deepening and extending the largest pit, a basin for a considerable piece of water has been obtained ; and, by taking advantage of tliree heaps of earth, one knoll has been formed, on which to place the house; another, of irregular shape, to crown with wood; and a third, smaller, and very steep on one side, to face with rock as a promontory projecting into the water, and concealing its boundary from every point,' and as a nidus for rock plants, ferns, 8cc. 1747. T/te Grounds. Fig. 1448 is a general plan, showing the position of the house,