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which were copied from the modern palaces of France an 

 Italy, before our more fastidious Architects had discovered the 

 remains of ancient Greece, and applied the Peristyle and the 

 Portico of a Grecian Temple, without any windows, to a dwel- 



ling-house in England, requiring more than a hundred such 



useful apertures. But the true admirer of pure Grecian Arc! 



tecture is apt to forget the difference betwixt the Hypsethral 

 Temple without a roof, and the English Mansion, not habitable 

 without doors and windows and chimneys. 



It is with a combined view to utility and magnificence, that 

 we must look at Wingerworth Hall; and however it may be 



y to alter its interior, in compliance with the change in 



modern habits of life, I should regret any alteration in the 

 stately appearance of its exterior; on the contrary, it will be 

 found, that what I shall suggest will increase, rather than di- 

 minish, its imposing character as a Palace 



VIEW FROM THE HOUSE. 



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If there were any rooms to the north, and if it were desir- 

 able to open the view in that direction, by removing the stables, 

 &c it would be purchasing a landscape at the expense of all 



Z 2 tT ning to the north winds - h is the - fo - -w- 



h the stables can no where be better placed; and fortunately 

 there ar e no to ^ ^ to ^ ^ . y 



- andTo th "" " dOUbtlCSS thC leadh * ^ject from this 



and to this great attention should be given. At present 



house 



