COUNTRY MANSIONS. 



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a. The entrance lodge. 



b. The entrance portico to the mansion. 



c. The kitchen-court. 



d. The stable-court. 



e. The laundry, and brewhouse court. 



f. The drying-ground. 



g. The green-house, with a summer-house 



at the back. 



h. Paddock, containing an ancient build- 

 ing, formerly a mill for raising 

 water, surrounded by a ma.ss of 

 plantation. 



i, Flower-garden. 



j. Kitchen-garden. 



k. Poultry-yard. 



I, Farm buildings. 



m. Rick-yard. 



n. Arable land. 



o, Paddock, with a beautiful architec- 

 tural grotto at p (formed by Bushell, 

 who constructed the grottoes at 

 Oatlands, Pain's Hill, and other 

 places), and another ornamental 

 building at q. 



r. Osier-ground. 



s, Island and ruin ; the latter used as a 

 Catholic chapel by the Prince de 

 Conde, who resided at Wimbledon 

 House before it was purchased by 

 the late Joseph Marryatt, Esq. 



t, "Wilderness and fish-stews. 



u, Open gi'ove of ancient trees. 



V V V, Wire fence, separating the plea- 

 sure-ground and mown grass from 

 the park. 



w. Hurdle fence, separating the upper 

 from the lower park. 



X X, Fish-ponds. 



»/, Drinking-pond. 



s, Well, near which is a hydraulic ram, 

 which, put in motion by the waste 

 of the upper piece of water in its 

 course to the lower piece, forces a 

 supply to the roof of the mansion, 

 and to the sheds of the hot-houses. 



Fig. 301. is a geometrical sec- 

 tion of the ground, and bird's-eye 

 view of the park, looking to the 

 west. 



Fig. 302. is a section and bird's- 

 eye view, taken on the same line, 

 looking to the east. 



Fig 303. is a section and bird's- 

 eye view, looking to the north- 

 east. 



