entire rcmo(lc]rmp:of an old house. The property, wlien purclmscd by the present 

 owner, consisted of a simple stone house, fronting the finest part of the view, 38 

 feet on all sides, without back-buildings, and having a basement kitchen. You 

 entered by the high bank of steps at A (on view and plan) ; a hall Ji (on ])lan), 

 17 X 20 feet, opening to a i)arlorC, 14 x 17. Back of this, were dining-room JJ, 

 15x17, stairs 9x17, and a closet and small room JC, 11x12. The present 

 owner, feeling the want of a sci)aratc drawing-room, and of a covered outside 

 entrance, constructed a back veranda i'^(on view and plan), and you now enter 

 by the end-steps G, plan (seen at Fon view), and so by the door under the stairs 

 II, plan, which makes what was the old 

 hall sufliciently private for use as a draw- 

 ing-room. This, however, still left the 



house without any 

 commodious en- 



trance-hall ; the din- 

 ing-room was felt to 

 be much too small, 

 and the library some- 

 what so ; the kitchen 

 was inconveniently 

 situated in the base- 

 ment; the want of 

 shade and a veranda 

 on the side A, at 

 once the sunny side, 

 and that next the 

 finest view, was much 

 felt; the attic was 

 crowded by the hip-roof; the second story was deficient in chamber-room, and 

 without a bath-room ; and the only place that could be used as a hired man's 

 sleeping-room was the chamber F, on the principal floor. These inconveniences 

 it was desirable to remedy, without interfering with the commodious back veranda 

 which had already been added. 



The new tower is situated on Plan 2 at ^. This is to have a carriage-porch, 

 with arches, through which the carriage-drive passes ; the porch to be roofed, and 

 have a balcony on top. Visitors, in descending from a carriage, will step 



PLAN 2 



Drive 



