STABLE BUILDING 



AND 



STABLE FITTING 



CHAPTER L 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



Site for stabling — Aspect — Modern improvements — Improved fittings — 

 Iron stables — An iron homestead — Portable iron stables — Principles 

 of arrangement — Provision for extension — Simplicity in construction. 



As one approaches the immediate confines ' of a country Site for sta- 

 mansion, the most conspicuous object is often the clock-tower bling. 

 of the stables ; and the block of buildings to which it belongs, 

 with its high enclosure walls and entrance gateway, forms an 

 object of importance second only to the house itself But 

 although it forms in such case a feature in the landscape, it 

 is of prior importance that its relation with the house shall not 

 become, in any way, an objection to it as a dwelling. At the 

 same time, its aspect and construction may be of grave conse- Aspect, 

 quence to the animals housed in it, and where it cannot be 

 altogether placed as the architect would desire — on a gravel 

 slope with a south or south-westerly aspect — provision must be 

 made to modify or altogether counteract the effects of an 

 undesirable situation. Even in the country the aspect of a 

 stable is not always a matter of choice ; but a building with 

 plenty of light, well drained and ventilated, and entirely free 



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