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 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 841 might be in a great measure accomplished by having close shutters, partly glazed, tha could be placed across the openings of the portico, so as to exclude the air ; thus the chamber would be insu- lated, and would not be af- ected by any sudden alterations of the weather. There is but one staircase in the house ; but this was in consequence of the proposed occupant not desir- ing a separate one for the servants, except from the basement ; and that is carried up from the open or beer cellar into the brewhouse, and so into the yard. The brew- house was to serve as a wash- house, &c. The large room on the attic floor, if used as a nm'sery or play-room for children, would require more air and light, and this might be obtained by opening win- dows towards the north-west that would not interfere with the present elevations. Over the dressing-room there might be a large cistern to receive a part of the water from the roof, which would supply the water-closet, and might, if desirable, be conveyed by pipes into the principal chambers. The closet in the larder was intended for table- cloths, &c, in use. The tool-house could be used for storing potatoes, as well as for depositing garden implements." The general effect of this Design is remarkably good, and the arrangement and details are most carefully considered. The plan for laying out the grounds shows Mr. Varden to have a very good taste in that department. Design V. — A Parsonage House for a particular Sitiiation in Somersetshire. 1767. Accommodation. The general appearance is shown in fig. 1469, which is a perspective view of the garden front. In the ground plan, fig. 1470, a is the drawing- room, twenty-eight feet by fifteen feet, with bay window, n, seven feet and a half wide, and two side outlets to the terrace ; h, dining-room, twenty feet by sixteen feet, with company and service entrances ; c, library, twenty-two feet by seventeen feet, with bath iunk in the floor and private water-closet ; rf, hall with oak staircase, closet for sticks, 5 s