4 STABLE BUILDING AND STABLE FITTING. 



arrangement. 



with felt, which renders them warm in winter and cool in 

 summer, and are Hned with f or f inch match-boarding. 

 Buildings of this description should not be left entirely open to 

 the apex of the roof, but should be half-ceiled with the match- 

 boarding, and ventilated on the ridge. 

 Principles of In the several succeeding chapters the author has endeavoured 

 to illustrate the various circumstances which control the 

 principles of stable building, and regulate the provisions to be 

 made in town and country. The buildings, consisting of stables, 

 separate loose boxes, coach-houses, corn and hay stores, &c., 

 as well as those other constructions rendered necessary where 

 large studs of horses are kept, either for public vehicles, for 

 business purposes, or for pleasure, have been treated as 

 questions which have advanced in all their provisions with the 

 progress of the times; commencing with the planning and 

 arrangement of the buildings, and passing severally to the 

 important questions of construction, drainage, paving, ventila- 

 tion, and fittings, and the numerous details of construction. 



An important consideration in the construction of stabling is 

 the provision for its possible extension. In large establish- 

 ments it is customary to provide a separate accommodation 

 for carriage horses, hunters, hacks, and others ; and if the 

 possible increase of the stud is kept in view when the buildings 

 are designed, a great deal of expense and trouble may be 

 saved, and if planned in the form of a quadrangle this is not 

 a difficult matter. By means of the Table in Chapter VII., 

 the provision for fodder can also be correctly calculated and 

 sufficient margin allowed in the bins and hay-loft for a reason- 

 able increase. The size of the yard can be regulated by the 

 inclosure walls ; and in the country, whether stabling be attached 

 to the house or situated some distance from it, a liberal area 

 should be allowed for this purpose. In the former case the 

 arrangement should be such that, having set down at the 

 entrance to the mansion, the carriage should be able to reach 

 the stabling without passing again through the entrance gate- 



Provision for 

 extension. 



