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all times, been a favourite subject with tiie landscape-painter, and, judi- 

 ciously designed, may be made highly effective. Of this an admirable 

 instance occurs at Guy's ClifF; and few visitors to that fascinating spot 

 will forget the admirable taste of Mr. Greatheed, who converted an old 

 building of this description, at the head of the stream, into an object which, 

 to all lovers of the picturesque, must be highly attractive. When beautiful 

 effects are produced by the simplest means, the mind acknowledges the 

 charm ; and, at the spot alluded to, a mere gallery, roughly constructed, 

 with an overhanging roof, has effected what the most laboured design 

 would have failed to accomplish." If the mill at Guy's Cliff has such a 

 fence in front of 



it as that exhi- ™ '^ 



bited in the en- 

 graving, we have 

 no hesitation in 

 saying it is disfi- 

 gured by it, in- 

 stead of being or- 

 namented. 



No. XVII. The 

 old English mill. 

 A very common- 

 place structure, 



and much more like a sketch from vulgar nature than an architectural 

 design. 



No. XVIII. The Italian smithy, {fig. 73.) 

 No. XVIII. [bis]. The old English smithy. Good. 

 No. XIX. The turnpike-gate house, (fig. "74.) Handsome, and quite 



a chateau. The plan has a porch 

 living-room bed-room and kitchen, 

 with a stair-case to an upper room. 

 The end view (fig- 75.) is also very 

 picturesque. A perspective view 

 (^g. 76.) shows the turnpike-gate, 

 in which much more attention has' 

 been paid to effect than to geome- 

 trical construction. What would 

 Mr. Parker say, if an architect were 

 to recommend to him such a design 

 for a gate ? 



On the whole we regret the publication of this work, not only for the 

 sake of its author, but because 

 we know from experience that 

 such designs have a tendency to 

 create in the minds of country 

 gentlemen and practical men an 

 aversion from similar works; while 

 we know also that it is only, or* 

 chiefly, by the more general dif- 

 fusion of this class of publica- 

 tions, that the taste of country 

 tradesmen and their employers 

 is to be improved. As soon as 

 we can find leisure, and if we can 

 find, at the same time, that it is agreeable to our readers, we shall com- 

 mence in this Magazine a series of designs for cottages for labourers, trades- 

 men, and small tenants of land, such as we think better calculated thau 

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