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liminary) the Nature of a grand Court, which 

 may ferve as a Specimen in a very large De- 

 fign, as it is here particularly calculated for a 

 middling one. I have not been Cneither,indeed, 

 is it my Bufinefs to be) very exaft, either in 

 the Magnitude or Diftribution of the feveral 

 Rooms in a Building^ but every Gardener 

 ought to know the Difpofition of the Building 

 in general, that he may conduft his Defign 

 accordingly. But as this Plate has chiefly Re- 

 lation to the great Court, there is no Occafion 

 to expatiate at prefent upon thofe Matters, 

 but leave them to be treated of, or defcrib'd, 

 in feme other Plate or Place. 



The Perufer may then collefl: by the Scale, 

 that the Width between the Wings is about 

 Q50 Foot, and the Breadth of the Wings 50 

 Foot, which make 28c Foot 5 but, as we ge- 

 nerally account the Meafure between the two 

 Wings for the Breadth, 'tis there I fix my 

 Standard^ and have therefore made the Length 

 from the great Hall-Door to the Gate-way 

 near 330 Foot 5 which is near what I proposed 

 to allow for the Proportion of a Court- Yard, 

 fuppofing there is to be allow'd (as, indeed, 

 there ought to be) a large Parade without the 

 Gates, which, v/ith all other contiguous 

 Yards and Courts, will be defcrib'd in a parti- 

 cular Plate, upon a lefs Scale in its due 

 Place. 



In the mean while, as to the farther De- 

 fcription of this,there is in this Defign not on- 

 ly round the Building, but alfo quite round 

 - the 



