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 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 853 consequence of this is, that the stranger, on arri-ing at the point of the approach, b, in fig. 1489, obtains a view of the house, much as it appeals in fig. 1487, with the magnificent prospect beyond, which he ought not to have seen till lie was ushered into the library, or the drawingroom. If the situation were low, there might be some excuse for not planting trees so near the house ; but it is high and dry ; and therefore there is none but what we consider to be want of good taste. The dignity of the house is much lessened by this deficiency in its accompaniments, which, fortunately, however, can be very easily remedied from the large liollies and laurels now growing in the adjoining plantations. In fig. 1489, we have taken some liberties with the line of approach and the situation of the stables, which, like the disposition of the trees, is done more with a view of showing what we think ought to be, than what is. Mr. Hannay was his own landscape-gardener. Design IX. — A small Villa, or Parsonage, in the Italian Style. 1772. The Situation is supposed to be on a gentle eminence, in the neighbourhcxsd of a small village ; and the approach to be conducted to the entrance porch, in the manner shown in fig. 1496 ; in which a is the point from which the house appeai-s. as shown in fig. 1497 ; h, a court, communicating with the stable and the kitchen- garden ; c, the kitchen-garden ; d, lawn and flower-beds ; e, village church ; f, lodge, serving also as a belfry, and being occupied by the sexton ; g, the village inn and tea- garden ; and h, a wire fence, which separates the paddock, i, from the lawn, k. 1773. Accommodation. The principal floor, fig. 1498, contains a porch, a; hall, b ; staircase and passage, c; study, d; drawingroom, e, twenty-four feet by fifteen feet j breakfast-room, f, fourteen feet by eleven feet and a half; porch, (j ; dining-room, /(' twenty-four feet by fifteen feet; green-house, i; kitchen, k; sculiery, 7j pantry, vi;