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 y(34 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. the lower slide is locked up by the head stable-keeper. The general construction of these stables should correspond with that of the house ; the Architecture displaying the same character of ornament, though in an inferior degree. In fig. 1 700, a is the en- trance, with a clock-room and bed-room over it : over the clock -room is a turret-bell, the rope for ringing which hangs down in the closet, h ; c, staircase ; d d, coach-houses, each S'EHF 1701 °* 1700 t" 4 _ with a stove; e, harness-room, also with a stove; ////, staircases to the lofts gg, To ch-hote s'tables ; /. h, lobbies open to the yard to clean horses m a -for the ca - riages of visiters to back into in wet weather; t, sick-horse box; kk, stabling for the horses of strangers- 7, passage through to the back yard, where the dung is placed ;7n, Jarn^roorfo the 'coach-h'ouse, .,'for strangers ; o o, boxes for hunters^ pp, saddle horse stables • a, saddle-room, with stove ; r, broad pavement m fiont of he coach- touTesTrpump and trough, with large lamp over; t t t t, sinks for carrying off the surface-water; w, dung-yard. ,j <:„, i -rno nnH 1 70-5 are 1937. Circular Stables. Fig. 1704 is the ground plan, and figs. 1702 and 1 703 are suitSle elevations of a building containing extensive stablmg, coach-houses, and other accommodations of the stable-yard, with a yard in the centre for young horses to run loosed occasbnaV. This yard contains an open building for covering a hayrick, a ^mp a,S iay-rJcks. Over the stables, &c., are lofts for hay. corn, &c., «nd a
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