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the entrance, nor the entrance from the house, if there be suf- 

 ficient distance between them to make the approach throuo-h 

 varied grounds, or a park, and not immediately into a court- 

 yard. 



Entrance lodges, and indeed, all small ornamental build- 

 ings should be supported and partially concealed by trees and 

 foliage: naked walls in the country hardly admitting of an 

 apology in any case, but especially when the building is or- 

 namental and should be considered part of a whole, grouping 

 with other objects in rural landscape. 



One of the most unique specimens of domestic architecture in the country, is 

 the summer or cottage residence of Nathan Dunn, Esq., of Philadelphia, which 

 is situated at Mount Holly, New-Jersey, figure 42. The broad and highly ele- 

 gant veranda is one of its striking features. This is covered, from the eaves 

 one-third of its depth downward, by a screen of foliated apertures filled with 

 coloured glass, giving a rich glow to the deep shade of the cool promenade be- 

 neath. The roof is ornamented by the graceful pendants of the eaves, and its 

 bold projection insures the wall from dampness, while it gives a shaded appear- 

 ance in summer. 



This extenbive cottage was designed by Mr. Notman of Philadelphia, who 

 however, acknowledges his indebtedness to the elegant invention of the propri- 

 etor, for the suggestion of many of its most interesting features. The facade 

 shown in the accompanying engraving, measures about 140 feet, and the do- 

 mestic offices, etc., not shown, occupy about 80 feet more on the right. The 

 style of this building is mixed ; the arcaded veranda has an oriental air, while 

 the main body of the cottage is in the English cottage manner. The aim in 

 designing it being to produce something adapted to the American climate, in 

 fitness, and expression of purpose, rather than to follow any one fixed style. 



" From the veranda in front," says the architect in his description of the plan, 

 figure 43, "you enter the hall, an elipsis of about 8 by 11 feet, with two niches 

 on each side containing large and handsome flower vases : the ceiling is a pan- 

 nelled dome. From this a door opens to the saloon, about 36 feet by 10, divided 

 in length by scagliola columns in antae, and surmounted by an enriched pannelled 

 ceiling with hatched gilding. On the right and left of the saloon, are the draic- 

 ing and dining-rooms, each 26 by 18 feet. From the drawing-room opens the 

 library, 34 feet by 13, and 16 feet high to the apex of the arched ceiling. This 

 room is finished and furnished in a rich Gothic style : the ceiling is a Tudor arch ; 

 the rafters or ribs springing from corbels, and forming pannels in double series, 

 foUated ; and the effect, especially in the semi-octagon end, where the intersections . 



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