EXAMPLE OF A HUNTING-BOX. 



PLATE XX. 



Viezv from the South-east. 



HAVING endeavoured to show several grades of stable offices 

 suited to the requirements of various descriptions of country 

 houses, from the hunting-box or parsonage to the mansion, it may be 

 appropriate to add to this little work a well-digested and attractive 

 idea for a small residence, where a gentleman may retire for the hunting 

 season and entertain a few friends comfortably. The view shown by 

 Plate XX. is taken from the south-east or garden front, the house 

 being intended to be entered from the north, and placed on the ground 

 as near as possible due north and south, in order to secure as much 

 sun to the reception-rooms and principal bedrooms as practicable. 

 The author's idea of such a place is that it should be a gentleman's 

 house in miniature^ well and comfortably planned, possessing on a 

 small scale all the arrangements and conveniences of a well-appointed 

 establishment, while requiring only the minimum number of domestics 

 to keep it in proper working order. 



This design is based on a plan the author has used successfully 

 in several instances, with certain modifications to suit the circum- 

 stances, and lately in Dorset, where it has given much satisfaction as 

 a comfortable and attractive house. The plan might be still further 

 improved on, for there is no standard of perfection : one can only 

 judge from experience whether a house is really comfortable and well 

 planned. The accommodation on the ground-plan would be a porch, 

 an entrance-hall, to be used as a sitting-room, lavatory, gentlemen's 



