APPENDIX. 491 



Before we enter into further details, we shall describe, first, the plan 

 of the house ; secondly, that of the farm and garden offices and the hot- 

 houses ; and, thirdly, the general plan of the grounds. 



The house, in its external form and interior arrangement, is to ba 

 considered as a cottage, or rather as a villa assuming a cottage charac- 

 ter. Hence, the centre part of the house, over the dining and d.rawing- 

 rooms, appears from the elevation of the entrance front to be only two 

 stories high. There is, however, a concealed story over part of the 

 offices, for servants' bedrooms. 



The house, of whi^h Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan, consis*'^ of: 

 a, The porch, entered from a bridge thrown across the brook, 4, as 



shown in Fig. 4. 

 6 b, Passage from which are seen the stairs to the bedrooms ; and in 

 which, at ii, there is a jib-door and a ventilating window, to prevent 

 the possibility of the smell from the kitchen or offices, or water- 

 closet, penetrating to the other parts of the passage. 



c, Recess for coats, hats, &c., fitted up with a hat and umbrella-stand, 

 tables, &c. 



d. Drawing-room, with a recess at the further end, fitted up with a sofa 

 and a writing-table. 



5, Dining-room, with a recess for the largest sideboard, and another for 

 a smaller sideboard and cellarets. 



*■, Library, chiefly lighted from the roof, but having one window to the 

 garden, and a glass door to the porch, h, also looking into the garden, 

 and from which the view, Fig. 5, is obtained. This room is fitted up 

 with book-cases all round; those on each side of the fire-place being 

 over large cabinets, about 4 ft. 6 in. high, filled with a collection of 

 shells, minerals, and organic remains, &c.; and, to save the space 

 that would otherwise be lost at the angles, pentagonal closets are 

 formed there, in which maps, and various articles that cannot be 

 conveniently put on the regular book-shelves, arc kept. The doors 

 to these corner closets are not more than 9 in. in width, and they are 

 of panelled wainscot. The shelves are fitted in front with mahogany 

 double reeds, fixing the cloth which protects the tops of the. bfvjlts, 

 thus giving the appearance of mahogany. 



g', Museum for specimens of minerals and other curiosities, enter«d 



