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to the buttery and offices, in the manner still preserved in old 

 colleges. The two wings contained rooms inaccessible, but by 





passing through one to the oilier ; and the two opposite sides 

 were so disjoined by the central hall, that each was entered by 

 a separate porch. 



The great hall at Cobham has been converted into a music- 

 room of fifty feet by thirty-six, and thirty feet high; and is one 



of the most splendid and costly in the kingdom. The rest of 



the central building forms I he library, or general living room; 



which, instead of looking into an entrance-court, as formerly; 

 now looks into a flower garden, enriche 



l marble-slatiies 



and a fountain, forming an appropriate frame or foreground to 



the landscape of the park. The entrance has been removed to 



the 



no 



rtl 



i 



front, 



under an aremvay, or 



Porte Coc/iere, over. 



which a walk from the level of the picture gallery (which is up 

 stairs) crosses the road, in the manner described by the annexed 

 sketch, representing the north front, as it has been restored to 

 its original character. In this view is also the bastion, by which 



But 



no 



the terrace-walk terminates with a view into l he park, 

 drawing can describe the change made in the comfort of the 



ace. since 



5 



ie improvements were first planned, an 



W 



Inch, 



by the help of the map, may be rendered more intelligible. 



This venerable pile is situated in a valley in the middle o 





a larg 



e 



park, 



an 



was formerly exposed to the cattle on every 



side, except towards the east, where a large walle 



gar 



den 



intervened. 



Th 



e operations were negun ny enveloping rue 



whole of the premises in plantations, shrubberies, or gardens; 



