PLANNING AND ARRANGEMENT. 9 



at once into the fresh air, whilst the inmates of the sick boxes, 

 without being disturbed, can be fed or inspected by means of 

 the passage at the back. This passage also forms a private 

 entrance for the owner or superintendent of the stables, who 

 can thus enter the yard at any time without passing through 

 the central offices. 



The first floor consists of a sitting-room or kitchen, a chamber 

 1 8 feet by 12 feet, which may be used as a mess-room, three 

 bedrooms, and a bath-room. The second floor has two bed- 

 rooms and two store-rooms, and from this floor there is a steep 

 staircase leading to the clock-turret above. The entrance 

 gateway and a portion of the south inclosure wall are shown 

 on Plate 3. 



In the Design No. 2, illustrated by Plates 4 and 5, also for Design No. 2. 

 the country, but for a smaller number of horses, the hay and Private stables 

 corn store, where the fodder is also cut, bruised, and mixed, is 

 over the coach-house, and a shoot passing through the wall 

 discharges the food, when prepared for consumption, into a 

 bin in the washer's room below. This room, provided with a 

 copper and sink, adjoins the harness-room, in which a bench is 

 fitted up for cleaning bits, spurs, &c., the glass case for their 

 reception being placed in the recess adjoining the fire-place. 

 The transverse section is taken through the stalled portion of 

 the stable, and looking to the left shows a partition of the 

 loose box and the interior of the end stall in elevation. Access 

 to a living-room and bedroom for a groom is obtained by a 

 staircase from the porch, and above is a clock-chamber or 

 store. 



A design will be found on Plate 6, which, with slight modifi- Design No. 3. 



cations, can be adapted to either town or country. The ^^^ ^°^^'" °^ 



11 1 • 1 r country, 



harness and washer's rooms are situated, as m the former 



design, between the coach-house and the stable, a position 



which, as it forms the centre of administration, will be found 



most convenient as a general rule. There are four stalls in this 



stable, with a loose box opening to the air, and shut off from 



