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 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 893 housekeeper's room, with a large closet, and a door communicating with the laundry, p ; q, conservatory, twenty-seven feet by twelve feet : r, paved walk from the conservatory to the veranda j s, servants' hall ; t, butler's pantry ; u, kitchen ; v, swing-door to ex- clude smells ; w, larder ; x, scullery, lighted by a sash-door, y ; k, trap-door to cellar ; and z, kitchencourt. The stable-oflSces are at some distance. 1825. Construction, The walls are built of a compact sandstone, dug from quarries in the neighbourhood. When highly finished, this stone is more expensive than brick ; but in common rubblework, for outbuildings, workmen's cottages, &c., it is scarcely more than two thirds of the price of nine-inch brickwork. The roof and the veranda are thatched with reeds; these are more expensive than slates, but they contribute powerfully to give a cottage character to the building ; and, where there are rooms in the roof, reeds are found both cooler in summer and warmer in winter, than either slates or tiles. 1 826. Remarks, What we particularly admire in this Design is, the carriage entrance porch. It is seldom that porches, sufficiently wide for carriages to drive under, are built to any house beneath the character of a mansion ; but they contribute so much to the comfort of the occupant and his visiters, that we think every house or cottage which boasts a coach-house or gig-house ought also to have a carriage porch. The necessary width of such a porch wiU often prevent it from looking well as a lean-to ; but we have here an admirable specimen of the manner in which not only width, but length and height, may be obtained, consistently with character and beauty. We are indebted for this Design to the kindness of Joshua Mantell, Esq., of Newick, for whom the sketches were made by James Hurdis, Esq., of the same place, the Architect, we believe, of the cottage. The interior arrangement is good, and the general appearance quite characteristic of a cottage villa. The groimds, as far as we can judge from fig. 1571, want grouping, and connection among the parts ; and some of the Unes formed by the fences and walks are objectionable. A few single trees, and small groups, however, would go far towards removing this de- formity. It must be confessed, however, that it is extremely difficult to judge of what ought, or what ought not, to be done with grounds, without seeing them. In a bird's- eye view, like fig. 1571, a good deal of the pictorial effect is often sacrificed for the sake of giving the information of a map, or general plan. Objects may, also, appear scat- tered and unconnected in a bird's-eye view, which may yet form connected and har- monious landscapes, when viewed by the eye at the ordinary height of a man walking or riding. Design XVII. — A Villa in the Old English Style, the Idea taken from the Ruins of Berwick House, in Wiltshire. 1827. 27(6 General Appearance of this villa is shown in fig. 1574, iind fig. 1575 is an elevation of the porch. Fig. 1576 is a cross section of the porch, showing the oak door, which is four feet wide, and eight feet high. Fig. 1577 is the parapet over the bays, the open work of which is two feet and a half high, with a plinth of ten inches high, a frieze of six inches, and a coved cornice of eight inches Fig. 1578 is a view of the fire-