6 Select Suburban Residences. 



Fig. 3. is the ground plan of the farmyard, and part of the 

 kitchen-garden and grass fields, separated from the pleasure- 

 grounds by a narrow public lane. The details of this plan are 



as follows : — • 



a, Private entrance to the farmyard. b, Cart entrance to the farmyard. 



c, Barn, d, Gardener's house. e, Place for fattening poultry. 



f, Open shed. g g, Cart-horse stable and cow-house. 



hh, Cart-shed and tool-house. i, Dung-pit. /c, Pigsties and privy. 



/, Poultry-house. m, Part of the kitchen-garden. 



n> Part of the grass field. 



Remarks. In consequence of the undulations of the surface 

 in the grounds at Mount Grove, and their extending much 

 farther in length than in breadth, there is a very considerable 

 variety in the interior views. This will be readily credited, 

 when we state that the walk in the avenue a is nearly 50 ft. 

 higher than the walk at b, and higher still than the lower side 

 of the frame-ground, from v to 30 in fig. 2. The adjoining 

 grounds, both to the right and left, are gardens of the same 

 kind, well wooded ; and when this is taken into consideration, 

 combined with the extent and variety of the distant scenery, it 

 will readily be conceived that Mount Grove is a very beautiful 

 place. That it contains every domestic convenience suitable 

 for the style of living of a man of wealth and hospitality is 

 evident from the description of the house, kitchen, and stable 

 offices : and the frame-ground contains a pinery, vinery, and 

 peach-house, and abundance of frames and pits ; which, under 

 the care of a very intelligent gardener, Mr. Alexander, supply 

 the family with all the principal garden luxuries; as the kitchen- 

 garden, and the dairy, and poultry-yard, do with those articles 

 of domestic consumption which are rarely to be procured in 

 perfection so near London. 



The two great sources of beauty at Mount Grove are, as we 

 have already observed, the undulation of the surface, and the 

 distant prospect ; and they are the more valuable, as they are 



