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 y J- U' '^7 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. •^ ^ 1480 ,,0'-'-^-'-"""""'"*'""" "'"'"' 847 "'■'-'-(- approach road, <f, should, in this case, as in most others, enter the grounds on the side next the offices ; a distant glimpse of the house, bosomed in wood, may be seen from d ; and a complete view, somewhat similar to that given in fig. 1479, at e;/is the kitchen-court; gy the stable-court ; h, the kitchen-garden ; i, a glazed veranda leading to it ; j, hot-houses ; and k, the pleasure-ground, bounded by a wire fence shown by the dotted lines, I. A great addition to a place of this sort would be a zone of water in the direction of m m, to serve as a foreground to the distant scenery ; and, when once it shall be thought worth while to make the most of situations for villa residences, and to study beauty rather than extent, water will be raised from deep wells, or distant streams, by means of steam and machinery, for this and similar purposes. Wherever water is introduced, it must never be forgotten that its effect depends almost entirely on the wood with which it is accom- panied : there is hardly such a thing in nature as water beautiful by itself alone. Besides the walk round the pleasure-ground, there is an open walk through the park j which, proceeding from the pleasure-ground, crosses the approach at n ; and, after going through the most beautiful parts of the grounds, re-enters the approach at o. 1765. Accommodation. The ground plan, fig. 1481, contains an entrance porch, a, with a window, which in siunmer can be taken out ; a hall and staircase, b ; a dining- room, twenty-two feet by sixteen feet, and twelve feet high, c ; a green-house, d ; drawing- room, twenty-five feet by sixteen feet, and twelve feet high, e : in this room the fireplace has a window over it, as appears by the section C D, fig. 1484. There is a library, sixteen feet by fourteen feet, /; and this completes the principal part of the house. The cfiBces are in a building, the floor of which is eighteen inches lower than that of the hall,