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He knew that a correct correspondence of parts in a building 

 tends to diminish its importance; that the Roman style, which 



was then introduced into England, would not admit of such 



irregularity; and all that could 



e 



one was to spread out the 



detached buildings, which produced an appearance of irregu- 

 larity when seen from a distance, while the effect of symmetry 

 was preserved in the entrance-court, where the lines converging 

 instead of being parallel, increased the apparent length of per- 

 spective.* 



THE ENTRANCE. 



As th 



principal object of improvement at Uppark relates 



to an alteration 



the entrance 



s 



hall 



d 



to 



the causes which have rendered such alteration necessary 



Before the introduction of Roman Architecture into 



ain 



land, all the Palaces and 



r 



ng- 

 e Mansions consisted of one or 



more 



quadrangl 



es 



ded 



build 



v^ 



as at 



o 



wdray 



Hampton Court, &c. But at the time when Uppark was built 

 the fashion of these quadrangles was about to be changed ; 



al 



though for a long time after, it 

 fro nt s : 



was continued in the entrance 

 and at Uppark, where the entrance was to the east, a 



basse cour, or court, was preserved; and in so lofty and exposed 

 a situation, such an entrance was absolutely necessary to the 

 comfort of the residence; for however the views might be opened 



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An example of this may be observed in St. George-Street 



viewed from the 



end of Hanover-square 



