PLANNING AND ARRANGEMENT. 1 1 



yard at the rear of the house, and should be approached, if 

 possible, by a lane or mews. 



Where a stable is built in a mews, the length is at right- Stables in 

 angles to, and not parallel, as it should be, to the frontage. A "^^ws. 

 reference to Plate 1 1 will show, at a glance, the advantage of 

 the latter over the former arrangement ; more light is admitted 

 and a thorough ventilation is obtained, which can be regulated 

 at will. 



The plan on Plate lo is that of some stabling in a mews 

 under the most favourable condition, having a yard at the 

 back, and the liberal allowance of 36 feet frontage, viz. 17 feet 

 6 inches for the stable^ and 19 feet 3 inches for the coach- 

 house ', a couple of apartments over the latter, well lighted and 

 ventilated, being thus obtained, with a hay-loft (30 feet by 17 feet 

 6 inches), in which the food can be prepared and passed down 

 a shoot into the bin at A. The coach-house in a mews, how- 

 ever, is often only 8 feet 6 inches, or 9 feet in width, and if 

 two carriages are kept, they are put one behind the other. 

 The minimum frontage which should be allowed for a coach- 

 house and stable of this description may be taken at 25 feet, 

 measuring from centre to centre of the party walls, which allows 

 1 5 feet 6 inches for the width of the stables, and 8 feet 6 inches 

 for the coach-house. Where a small area can be obtained in 

 the rear (or better still, the 100 feet superficial required by the 

 building Act for a divelling), a much better arrangement can be 

 devised, without which the harness-room must be lighted with 

 a skyhght, and the groom's apartments will be limited, or 

 entrench on the hay-loft. 



It need scarcely be added that the loose box, which is 

 generally situated at the back, the best place all things con- 

 sidered, being the quietest part of the stable, is often dark and 

 difficult to ventilate, and in these respects unsuited to its 

 purpose. 



An example of a stable for the country is shown by Design Design No. 8. 

 No. 8 (Plate 12), with a centre washing-house for the horses "Inclosed." 



