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necessarily restricted, and, instead of working ont 

 a pretty and consistent brick style, to imitate tlie 

 characteristic effects of stone as well as he could 

 by copious layers and entablatures of stucco. 

 Fortunately of late yeai*s a great chango has come 

 over the spirit of English domestic architecture 

 in this respect, and nowadays a new and pretty 

 mode of street house-building, wliicli it is fashion- 

 able to call by the somewhat absurd title of the 

 "Queen Anne style," has been introduced — a 

 mode basing itself entirely upon our good native 

 red brick, and iiibisting upon employing this 

 sound, solid, and sensible material in an o[)en, 

 honest, and straightforward fashion. It makes no 

 pretence of imitating stone, but tries to produce 

 in red brick the best effect of which red brick is 

 capable. Even here, however, there is some danger 

 of a curious freak of fashion spoiling the result of 

 a really good and solid improvement ; for, in many 

 districts where excellent building-stone can be 

 readily obtained, people will now build red-brick 

 Queen Anne houses " because they are so fashion- 

 able " ; while we have even seen in certain towns 

 a large house with all its back and side walls 

 solidly constructed with local limestone, but its 

 street-front faced with modish ruddy brick, 

 in order to keep itself entirely in the running 

 with London houses. This is a very foolish 

 artistic mistake. No good architect and no sensi- 



