EXAMPLE OF A HUNTING -STABLE. 



PLATES XXVII. & XXVIII. 



A HUNTING -STABLE differs in many respects from the 

 ordinary stables attached to a country house, and a building 

 for this purpose must be specially planned in order to meet the 

 necessary requirements. In placing before the reader this example 

 for the accommodation of a small hunting-stud, my object is not so 

 much to show the features of a permanent building, but rather to 

 furnish a design of stabling, &c., for a moderate number of horses such 

 as might be expected to accompany the example of the hunting-box 

 illustrated on Plates XX. and XXL, laid down on the lines of the 

 strictest economy, and made a separate building altogether from the 

 stable which would necessarily be attached to the house. The accom- 

 modation provided is for eight hunting and five resting horses. There 

 is also a stable for two hacks, making a total of fifteen horses. The 

 stall-stables, A, are placed on the left hand as you enter the courtyard, 

 and the boxes, H, on the right, facing and opening out towards the 

 south, so as to get as much sun as possible. There is a coach-house, L, 

 entered from the outside of the building, so that no vehicles enter the 

 courtyard, which is left undisturbed to the men and horses. In the 

 centre, between the stall-stables, is a cleaning-place for the horses, 

 from which each stall-stable is entered. At one end, adjoining and 

 communicating with the stable, is the room, c, for cleaning saddles, 

 &c. ; and the next room, B, is for hanging same and a mess-room. 

 There is also a brushing and drying room with fireplace and stove, 



