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ation, the following appeared the most simple : viz. that 

 the present pediment (which is incongruous to the 

 battlements) should be raised as a square tower, and 

 that the parapets, also, at the ends of the building, 

 should be raised to unite with the chimneys in the 

 gables. This will serve not only to hide more of the 

 roof, but will give that importance to the whole fabric, 

 which, in a large mass of Gothic building, is always 

 increased by the irregularity of its outline. 



I have also changed the colour of the roof and 

 chimneys: for, though such minutiae are apt to pass 

 unnoticed in the great outline of improvement, I con- 

 sider the mention of them as a duty of my profession; 

 as the motley appearance or red brick with white stone, 

 by breaking the unity of effect, will often destroy the 

 magnificence of the most splendid composition. 



