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 VILLAS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 9^21 10 10 3,1 ,„ . : l., <, I 1 1 i. r. J-f vith tbe former by the doorway shown ; e, drawingroora, twenty-five feet by sixteen feet ; f, library, se%'enteen feet by fifteen feet, which, being arranged en xuite with e and d, may command a pleasing view, if the vista be increased by a large chimney-glass ; g, water-closet ; h, principal staircase ; i, passage, cut off from the hall by a door, and lead- ing to the back staircase and offices ; j, butler's room ; k, kitchen, with pantry or larder, /, and large closet, m ; n, scullery ; o, the kitchen court ; p, coach-house ; 5, a four-stalled stable; r, harness-room; s, servants' water-closet; and t, an ornamental screen and fence wall, to conceal the kitchen court. Ample cellarage for coals, wine, beer, &c., may be obtained in the basement. On the- chamber floor, fig. 1609, a designates the landing 1609 of the staircase, lighten by a skylight ; b, passage to the chambers ; c and /, dressmg- rooms ; d, e, g, g, bed-chambers ; h, staircase continued up to an additional room on the second story, over the porch ; t, passage to the servants' apartments, k and /; and »i> store or linen-room ; n is the hay-loft over the stable ; and o o, the coachman's living and sleeping-rooms. 1869. Construction and Architectural Character. Fig. 1610 is an elevation of the entrance front. Fig. 1611. Elevation of the garden front. Fig. 1612. End view from the stable court. Fig. 1613. Elevation of the stable and coach-house. Fig. 1614. Section through the house on the line A B. This Design (which is composed in the latest style of Pointed Architecture) might be executed with propriety and effect in brickwork ; with the dressings, or ornamental parts in stone. Lead lights in quarry (or lozenge) squares would have by far the most characteristic appearance for the windows ; but in this matter considerable latitude may be allowed. The ornamental members throughout have as much simplicity as is con- sistent with the character of the masses and of the style ; and a design of this kind, if correct in its simpler state, may easily be enriched at pleasure by the use of tracery, foliage, grotesques, &c. ; care being taken to equalise the decorations of all parts whicU