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tations of firs an 



larcl 



les an 



- 



Lombardy poplars, I saw new 



houses, with all the fanciful apertures of Venetian an 

 pseudo-Gothic windows, which disgust the traveller, who looks 

 in vain for the picturesque shapes and harmonious tints of for- 





mer times. 



In the wild scenery of Stanage Park, how discordant would 

 appear the three Window- Bows of these modern scarlet sins 



against goo 



(I taste 



ow sprucely would glitter the white- 

 washed Villa from the neighbourhood of the capital ! Yet some 



ger 



house must be erected, or the park becomes a forest, no 



« 



adapted to the purposes of human habitation. This leads me 

 lo the consideration of the Character which it ought to assume. 



CHARACTER. 



The antiquity, the extent, and the beauty of this Park, 

 together with the command of surrounding property, would 

 justify very great expenditure in preserving the Character of 



tli 



his 



e place : but it is the duty of the Professor to confine 

 plans within the limits prescribed by the person who consults 

 him ; and being in the present instance restricted to one tenth 



of that 

 I shall 



penditure, which a luxuriant fancy 



ght 



ggest 



not indulge myself in describing what might be done 



but rather propose such plans as, I trust, may b 



i of good taste, restrained 



? 



within the bound 



must therefi 



beg 



accomplished 

 prudence. 



by inquiring what Character of House 



best adapted to the scenery, since it cannot be a palace 

 ght not to be a Villa; it ought not to be a Cottage; 



and for 



