PLATE VI. 



V2i:'7C' of the S tables at Cirencester House, Gloucestershire. 



FITNESS, economy, and durability were the prevailing ideas in 

 the conception of these stables, which the author rebuilt upon 

 their old site for a nobleman in the West of England. These facts 

 also account for the peculiar formation of the plan, which occupies one 

 side of a large open courtyard. The walls are built of stone, and the 

 roof covered with slates. The accommodation provided is for six 

 horses and four carriages, mess and saddle rooms, coachman's resi- 

 dence, valets' rooms, hay and straw loft and granary, the latter being 

 over the stables. There being no opportunity given to indulge in 

 architectural fancy, the author has tried to make as simple a building 

 as possible, having regard to the circumstances under which the works 

 were executed, and has made no attempt to give importance to a 

 building which otherwise has been found to give satisfaction in all its 

 internal arraneemcnts. The ventilator on the roof is made of oak. 



