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 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 899 the other ground. Immcdiatuly attached to this are the stables, g, and such other build- ings of that description, h, as the particular establishment kept up may render necessary. In this direction may be the kitchen and fruit gardens, and the orchard, adjoining the more ornamental grounds, i. All this might be accomplished within a very moderate compass of land, not more than is usually attached to a country residence not seated in a surrounding demesne of its own. Having tlius, as far as it is practicable to do so before- hand without any positive data, put these particulars into some kind of tangible shape, the different elevations and the external character of the house are next to be considered. 1SS5. The Entrance Front is shown in the perspective view, fig. 1586, and in the elevation, fig. 1587. The lower part of this front is little more than a plain unbroken surface, with no other finish than that imparted to it by the base mould- ings below and the ornamental string-course above. The recessed porch seen in tliis front is certainly of a richer character than is usually given to porches in private 1587 residences erected in a similar style ; yet, so far from being out of keeping with the blank surface on either side of it, it both gives to, and receives from, the latter an additional value; namely, that of harmonic contrast. The eye is at once directed