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ness of character, to introduce the reigning fashion for greatness 

 of dimension. Hence we often see rooms too large to be warmed, 



li slited, or inhabited with comfort 



o 



d do 



d windows 



too large to be opened; and sometimes a single house is dis- 

 played with a long line of rooms, in which there is not a corner 

 or recess to sit in. Our ancestors, when they made large rooms, 

 contrived bays and breaks in its uniform shape; but the modern 

 saloon of (what is called perfect proportion) thirty-six by twenty- 

 four feer, must be crammed with tables, and sophas, and instru- 

 ments, to create some intricacy in this barn-like space. 



Having too frequently regretted the demolishing of old 

 mansions, it is a peculiar satisfaction 





\ 



to improve the 



while 



dul 



ge my 



nt Mansion 

 fondness for 



of 



to me to be called upon 

 an ancient family: an 





ntiquity 



> 



will 



deavour 



to justify the plans I suggest, by answering such objections 

 may perhaps 



as 



e offered ; at the same time that I assign the 



for my opinion. 



ITie south-east front of Frome House is a specimen of regu- 



lar, but not enriched 



House-Got! 



repair as mak 



? 



is in such state of 



it unnecessary to take it dow 



donable to replace it by any modern style of buildino- 



remains, however, of the old house is neither large enough 



u npar- 



What 



sufficiently 

 man's family 



any room, except that which 



enient for the modern residen 



of 



— v..v, uiuucii. residence ot a gentle- 

 being only a single house, without any access to 



was formerly the hall, but 



destroyed as such by an intermediate ceiling 



proposed to add so much as will double the preinl budlg 



is therefore 



