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FlG. 10. Normanton Park, Rutland, dr. 1780. 



time. Enough of the earlier work remains in various parts to 

 support this idea, and to show that the plan adopted that of 

 a central block with detached wings connected by colonnades 

 was the production of the beginning of the century rather than 

 of the end. At the later period, however, many of the external 

 walls must have been recased if not rebuilt, and the garden 

 front (Fig. 10) is a good example of the time. The circular 

 bay is a characteristic feature, and so are the attic stories of the 

 wings, although the placing of a plainly treated attic over a 

 more majestic substructure was by no means a novelty. The 

 real touch of the Adam period is to be found in the detail, which 

 has all the delicacy and refinement connected with the name of 

 the accomplished brothers Adam. That it is useless to argue 

 about matters of taste is a dictum as old as the time when 

 thoughts were usually expressed in the Latin tongue. Whether 

 the delicacy of Adam or the vigour of Vanbrugh is to be 

 preferred is a matter of individual liking. Some people admire 

 Ganymede, others regard Hercules as a finer type ; yet others 

 admire both. With such predilections we need not be concerned ; 



