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THE VILLA GARDENER. 



has a pinion which works into another at I, on the axle of which is the winch 

 m, which is placed in a convenient situation inside the entrance lodge, 



463. Entrance lodges. — Fig. 225, is a lodge in the old English manner, 

 designed by E. B. Lamb, Esq., and executed at Chequers, in Buckingham- 

 shire, the seat of Sir Robert Frankland Russell, Bart. The walls are com- 

 posed of stone and flints, both found on the spot, the materials being placed 

 alternately, so as to form a chequered surface, in allusion to the name of the 

 place. The roof is thatched with Kyanised straw. 



Fig. 226. is the elevation, and. fig. 228. the plan, (both to a scale of l-]4th 

 of an inch to a foot,) of a Gothic entrance lodge of the smallest size, by 

 Edward Brigden, Esq., Architect, Bristol. The ground-plan 

 consists of a living-room {fig. 228. a), with a large recess (6) 

 next the road. The entrance is through the porch c, and d 

 is intended for a scullery ; e shows a staircase leading to an 

 octagonal bedroom over the whole. " The most appropriate 

 material," says Mr. Brigden, "for the walls of this cottage, 

 would be flint or ragstone ; the latter laid in random courses, 

 and neatly tuck-pointed, has a very good effect. The dress- 

 ings might be of Yorkshire stone, or any other which would 

 harmonise with the colour of the wall. The same stone might 

 be used for the gate piers ; or, if magnesian limestone could 

 be obtained in sufficiently large blocks, it would answer the 

 purpose well (it being properly polished). The form of 

 these piers may be as shown in fig. 227. The roof of the 

 lodge may be covered with slate, or with stone tiles. The 

 flues should be conveyed to the centre of the building ; and the chimney stacks, 

 which are ornamental, may be of Austin's artificial stone." 



Fig. 229. is the elevation, and fig. 230. the ground plan, of an old English 

 cottage, formed of wooden framing, raised on a cyclopian substructure. This 

 cottage was designed by William Wells, Esq., and is erected on his estate at 

 Rcdieaf, in Kent. The cyclopian walls are " formed of irregular blocks of 

 sandstone, without the slightest indication of horizontal or vertical courses. 



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