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 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 8fjl headway, the flat roof over the staircase is raised about one foot six inches above the rest ; but this will not be observable from below, on account of the balustrading. Fig. 1511 is a plan of the chamber floor; in which a is the principal staircase; b is the back staircase ; c c, porticoes ; d d, galleries ; e, the flat roofs ; /, bed-room, sixteen feet by fifteen feet six inches, and ten feet high ; g, bed-room, twelve feet by twelve feet ; /(, bed-room, twelve feet by twelve feet : this room is to have a small fireplace, the flue of which may either be concealed by the blocking course, or may terminate ornamentally at the corner of the end wall, but in the latter case there must be a false flue on the op- posite side, to preserve uniformity ; i, water-closet ; k, bed-room ; and I, servant's room, twelve feet by twelve feet, with a fireplace like that of A. Another bed-room might be obtained where the front portico now is, by an alteration of the staircase; but, as the men- servants are supposed to sleep over the stables, it would seldom be requisite. Either of the bed-rooms might be converted into a dressing-room, by opening a door of communi- cation with the adjoining chamber. 1783. Tlie Stable and other Offices belonging to this viUa are supposed to be placed at the distance of about 100 yards from it; they are shown in detail in fig. 1512, to a scale I.512 of thirty feet to an inch ; a is a knife and shoe house ; h, pigsties ; c, potato-house ; d fruit-room ; c, seed-room ; /, tool-shed ; g, conservatory ; h, dung-pit ; i, stable ; k, harness- room ; I, bin-room ; m m, coach-houses; n, brew-house ; o, dog-kennel ; p, kitchen-garden ; q, drying-ground ; r r, poultiy-houses ; s, cow-house ; t, fuel-house ; u, laundry ; v, car- riage-road ; w, yard ; and x, pleasure-ground. In the centre of the yard there may be a space enclosed for a hay-rick, and this rick may be built on a stone basement, and under a roof supported on pillars ; the roof being carried so high as to form an ornamental tower, and central point to the picture of the ofl^ces, when seen at a distance. The basement on which the rick is placed may be raised on stone or cast-iron pillars, so as to leave a space underneath for poultry to run under during rain. On one side of this small rick-yard there ought to be a pump, with a basin to contain water for the aquatic fowls ; unless water should be laid on from some elevated source, in which case the pump may be dispensed with.