25 



f 



degree of importance to the pi 



longs to the manerial right; while a pale 



which we may suppose 



and 



us 



near 



th 



enclosing every tree 



e 



road 



o 



th 



counteracts this impression 



iir 



er general remark may 



e 



useful 



however trifling 



viz. 



although the interior fences (to be less visible) may be dark 

 green, yet the entrance-gate and its immediately attached fence 

 should be white, a little subdued, to avoid the offensive 





of paper whiteness, yet sufficiently white to prevent accident 



which an invisible gate is apt to occasion after sun-set. 



THE HOUSE 



The House having adopted a new character, from its late 

 alterations, I have subjoined a sketch of its south and cast fronts, 

 combined in perspective, which may serve to explain the eifect 

 of removing some tall trees, by which it is now oppressed, and 

 deprived of that consequence which its Gothic character has 

 assumed. This sort of comparative influence of trees on a build- 

 ing deserves attention ; and the sketch presents a favourable spe- 



■ 



cimen of that species of Architecture, which has already been 

 mentioned as Wyatt's Gothic, because introduced by that inge- 

 nious Architect; although not strictly in conformity with the 

 Abbey, Castle, or Collegiate characters, or even with that of 

 the old Manor-house; but since it evidently belongs rather to 

 the Gothic than the Grecian style, it will be advisable to adopt 



such expedients as best assimilate with buildings of the date of 



E 



