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PLATE IXa. 



Design for Stable Offices for Ten Horses. 



THE plan upon which this design is contrived was suggested by an 

 ancient stable building in the midland counties. This building 

 was constructed in the form of a crescent, which was considered as 

 presenting all the fronts of the building free and open to the sun. Fol- 

 lowing this principle, I have adopted three sides of a hexagonal figure, 

 as being an improvement on the other, and completing the figure by 

 the fore-court enclosing walls. The accommodation is for ten horses, 

 there being four loose -boxes and six stalls, and a proportionate 

 amount of accommodation in respect of the other necessary require- 

 ments similar to the preceding plans. The animals are confined to 

 the centre block in two stables, with a cleaning-place in the centre, 

 and on each of the side-wings are the coach-house, harness, saddle, 

 and mess rooms and accessories. The offices and dung-pit, &c., to 

 the rear of the stables, are reached through the arches which connect 

 the side-wings with the centre building, and also give access to pad- 

 dock and fields beyond. The architectural features of this design are 

 somewhat more elaborate than the preceding drawings show. 

 The cost of such a building would probably be about ^2500. 



