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No. 4, the form next in succession, was of the date 

 of WilHam III and George I, and has been com- 

 monly called an H, or half H. This kind of house is 

 often rendered very inconvenient by the centre being 

 one great hall, which breaks the connexion of apart- 

 ments abovestairs. It is also further objectionable because 

 it is a mere single house in the centre and must have 

 offices attached on one side : of this description are 

 Stoke Park, Langley, Glemham Hall, Dullingham, 

 and Condover. 



No. 5. When the Italian or Grecian architecture 

 became more general, a greater display of facade was 

 introduced than the body of the house required ; 

 the offices and appendages were, therefore, made in 

 wings to extend the design, as at Wentworth House, 

 Wimpole, Attingham, Dyrham Park, and numerous 

 others. 



A house on this plan, if it commands only one view, 

 may be less objectionable; but when applied to situa- 

 tions where the windows are to look in opposite direc- 

 tions, it becomes very inconvenient, because the offices 

 want that uninterrupted communication which is abso- 

 lutely necessary to the comfort of a dwelling. After the 

 views from the windows became an object of considera- 

 tion, it was not deemed sufficient to preserve the views 

 to the north and to the south, but even the views to 

 the east and to the west were attempted to be preserved, 

 and this introduced the plan. No. 6. 



No. 6 has wings, not in the same line with the 

 house, but receding from it, which, of course, destroy 

 the symmetry proposed by wings, unless the whole be 

 viewed from one particular point in the centre; of this 

 form are Merley, Newton Park, Normanton, Lathom 

 House, etc. The houses built by Paine and Leadbetter 



