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public road, and terminate with suitable piers, (a, a), the distance between 



them being about one hundred yards. (Figure 29.J If thought proper, 



the approach may 



leave the public Figure 29. 



road as shewn 



by the dotted 



lines, instead of 



the straight one. 



If the gateway 



is of a Gothic 



character, then 



the gates should 



be of oak, or at 



least painted oak 



colour ; but if the architecture is in the Grecian or Italian style, they should 



be of iron, richly ornamented. 



A less pretending entrance than this will better suit houses or villas. To 

 such, I think a detached lodge at the entrance more appropriate. It might 

 be placed a few yards from the gates, but parallel with them and the carriage- 

 road, keeping the latter quite straight till the lodge is past. The front of 

 the lodge next 



to the approach Figure 30. 



should be a little 

 in advance of the 

 pillar at the end 

 of the palisades 

 (figure 30, a), so 

 that the porter 

 may have a full 

 view of the gates, 

 and that the 

 elevation of the 

 lodge may be seen to the greatest advantage. 



In this respect, I differ from those who, through an excessive desire for 



simplicity, run into the opposite extreme, and would have the lodge so humble 



as to look meagre, and so secluded as to interfere with its usefulness. When 



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