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Designs and Details for opening 



lery doors open, will command from that position the whole 

 of the interior of the garden. 



If it were desired to add to the accommodation of this 

 dwellino-, it might easily be done by a staircase taken from 

 the living-room, descending to a floor below, containing the 

 apartments /,' g^ //, /, and a kitchen ; and ascending to a floor 

 above, of either one octagon room in the centre, or three 

 rooms. 



Fig. 132. is a perspective view of this house, as seen placed 



in the north-east corner of a walled garden. To the right and 

 left are seen portions of the south and west walls, and in the 

 centre is the entrance door. 



Art. X. Designs and Details for opening the Gates of Lodges to 

 Gentlemen s Seals in the Night-time, tvithout troubling the Gate- 

 keeper to leave his Bed. By Mr. Saul. 



Sir, 



When you were in this neighbourliood, you directed my 

 attention to the oj)ening and shutting of the turnpike gates ; 

 and I have since found, by inspection, that those near Lan- 

 caster are very imperfect. The following plan I consider more 

 complete than any thing I have yet met with : — 



Fig. 13'i. is a design for a lodge gate, the centre part of which 

 may be opened and shut with the greatest case, by any one 

 within the lodge, by turning the handle marked a, in Jigs. 

 134'. and 135. Ten turns of this handle will open the gate, and 



