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PLATE VII. 

 Design for Stable Offices for Eighteen Horses. 



IN the planning of stable offices of any size, the form most to be 

 recommended is the quadrangular. All the parts are brought 

 together, and each opens out into the centre, and so much of time and 

 trouble is saved in communicating from one place to another as cannot 

 be obtained by any other form. The design shown in this drawing is 

 planned upon this principle, and provides for eighteen horses, as well 

 as accommodation for grooms, and other necessary adjuncts to the 

 stable. Forming three sides of a quadrangle, and enclosed in the front 

 by a low balustraded wall with gateway in centre, it claims somewhat 

 more architectural pretension than the preceding designs. A stone- 

 built structure, with a central feature surmounted by a bell-turret, the 

 eaves on the three sides of square being broken by stone dormers, 

 relieving the long stretch of roofing otherwise exposed, make up a 

 harmonious and symmetrical design; while the gables of building 

 immediately looking on to the park or stable approach are relieved by 

 projecting windows of an ornamental character, which also serve to 

 augment the size of the rooms which they light. This design would 

 form a pleasing feature in an avenue to the north-east of the mansion. 

 The cost may be put at ^^4000. The style would harmonise with 

 a Tudor, Elizabethan, or Jacobean house, but at the same time could 

 be altered to suit circumstances. 



