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 ORNAMENTAL DAIRIES AND POULTRY-HOUSES. 973 which, as before stated, are preferable. Fig. 1719 is a perspective elevation in the Tudor Gothic style ; and fig. 1 720 is an elevation in the Italian manner : both are designed by Mr. Lamb. The peculiar shape of the open courts in the plan was indicated by the form of the ground, and by the necessity of having such a slope as would carry off the water rapidly. If, in designing country buildings, Architects were to take hints for the general forms and dispositions of the masses, from the ground on which they are to be placed, and from the surrounding scenery, much more than they appear to do, we should not have such frequent repetitions of the same form, and so many common- place structures, such as may be set down any where. This principle ought to be attended to even in the humblest buildings ; for by it, even independently of architectural details, the interest created by them may be much enhanced. By this means a building may be made to appear to have arisen out of the situation in which it is placed, instead of appearing to have been brought there from some town or village. Sect. IV. Ornamental Dairies and Poultry-houses, 1946. The Principles for constructing Dairies and Poultry-houses have already been laid down at sufficient length (see § 729, 1728, for dairies; and 770, 1325, and 1356, for poultry-houses), and we shall here content ourselves with giving an example of each, rendered ornamental, and suitable for an appendage to a villa. 1947. The Dairy, Cottage, and Poxdtry-house, at Syndal House, Kent, is shown in the general view, fig. 1723, and the ground plan in figs. 1721 and 1722. Fig. 1721 shows the ground plan of the dairy, and cottage for the dairyman, with the position of the poultry-yard. The dairy-cottage consists of two sitting-rooms, a a; a. bed-room, h ; dairy, c ; scalding-room, d ; and two covered sheds, e e : the situation of a pump, well, and cistern in the poultry-yard is shown at /. The cow-lodge is at a short distance from the dairy, but it is surrounded by plantations, and completely hidden from the view. Fig. 1722 shows the elevation and ground plan of the poultry-houses; in this, g is a pigeon-house fixed on a post ; /j is a pond ; i i are two houses for hens ; A is a house for ducks ; I, one for geese ; m, one for turkeys ; and n, one for fatting-coops. The lower 1722