Conservatory at the Grafige. 



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which has suffered considerably in the adaptation of the 

 templar style, and by heightening the ground floor in com- 

 pliance with the modern habits, without acquiring those 

 noble proportions of which this operation has totally deprived 

 the upper floor, and which the great designer knew so well 

 how to give. In consequence of these inconveniences, the 

 present proprietor has found it necessary to make some 

 extensive additions, which have been made from the designs 

 of C. R. Cockerell, Esq. Jun. a distinguished student of the 

 Grecian style of art. 



These additions consist of a dining-room to the north - 

 east, and a range of most agreeable living apartments to the 

 south-west, terminated by a conservatory 70 by 46 and 21 feet 

 high. Into this spacious area of perpetual spring, are direct- 

 ed the windows of those apartments dedicated to the ladies. 



The ornamental scenery, immediately surrounding the 

 garden, fronting the house, partakes of the symmetry of its 

 architecture ; it is not entirely finished, but will be heightened 

 with all the care and taste for which the liberal possessor is so 

 distinguished. 



The entrance front is approached by an avenue, seemingly 

 coeval with the original building ; it enters a court {Jig 12. a) 



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