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PLATE XVI. 



Design for Stable Offices for Forty-eight Horses. 



THIS design is on a larger scale than any of the preceding, and 

 more suitable to a princely establishment. The plan is con- 

 ceived much upon the same principles as the others, the requirements 

 being merely multiplied. The quadrangular form gives an oppor- 

 tunity for providing a glass-covered exercising space in the centre, 

 which must be very essential where a numerous stud is kept. The 

 courtyard is entered by an archway of noble dimensions in the centre 

 of the fagade, surmounted by a pediment with coat of arms carved on 

 the tympanum, and a prominent clock and bell turret over, of oak and 

 lead, high enough to be seen from all quarters. 



The probable cost of executing this design would be about from 

 ;^ 1 8,000 to ^20,000. 



