FRAGMENT XVII] . 



UPPARK. 



EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF UPPARK, 



SEAT OF SIR HARRY FEATIIERSTO 



SITUATION AND CHARACTER. 



efore a rational plan for the improvement of any plac 



e can 



e laid down/ it is always necessary to consider ils natur 



situation, and the character whicl 



1 nas 



een given to it by art. 



The former at Uppark is truly magnificent, being on the simi- 



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mit of the south down range of hills; 

 the large masses of wood, the beautiful si] apes and verdure of 

 the lawns, with the distant and various views of sea and land, 

 it is difficult to adapt any style of building to such a spot, thai 

 may correspond with the great scale of the place. Oi I his dif- 

 ficulty the Architect seems to have been aware, by tin; degree 

 of irregularity which was originally adopted in the position of 

 the outbuildings: this is evident, both from the map and from 



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an old picture on the staircase, wherein 



offices appear to have been placed not at right angles, but con 



verging from the entrance front. 



His reasons for so doing seem to have been well founded 



