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study; it should have a bed, in case of age or infirmity 



it may be occupied by an eldest 



hut ils chief use 



to 



give the proper number of bed-rooms on the floor above, which 

 would otherwise be defective, in a house in the country. 



5th. The gentleman's own room, connected with the oflices, to 

 give access to persons on business, without admitting them into 

 the body of the house. This may be Gun-room, Justice-room,&c. 



6th. The lady's own room, or boudoir up si airs, an 



con- 



nected with the wardrobe an 



bed- 



room on 



th 



e same 



oor 



f 



aving a degagement or private 



stairs, although the approach 



for strangers is by the principal stair-case. 



7th. The bed-rooms to have dressing-rooms, in which sopha- 

 beds may occasionally be used. 



8th. The rooms over the oflices, to be used as nurseries, should 

 have large folding-doors to admit air, and maybe connected on 

 the same level with the hill at the back of the house, for exercise 



to the children. 



The Eating Room is of that proportion, about two by three, 



which is now considered the standard of perfection : indeed, in 



many modern houses, every room partakes of the same shape and 



dimensions ; such a room requires Tables and Sophas to fill up 



its area and create that sort of intricacy which is so admirably 



conspicuous in the old houses of the date of Queen Elizabeth, 



where large bow windows and deep recesses give a degree of 



i 



comfort worth copying in a Modern 



oom. 



With this 



ea, 



the windows 



for Sh erring-ham are 



proposed to take a new 

 character, as applied to Grecian Architecture, which in fact has 



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