Cheshunt Cottage. 639 



excavated into hilly inequalities ; and by walks leading to differ- 

 ent points of view, indicated by different kinds of covered seats 

 or garden structures. In conducting the walks, and distributing 

 the trees and shrubs, considerable skill and taste have been 

 displayed in concealing the distant walks, and those which cross 

 the lawn in different directions, from the windows of the living- 

 rooms ; and also in never showing any walk but the one which 

 is being walked on, to a spectator making the circuit of the 

 grounds. 



Before we enter into further details, we shall describe, first, 

 the plan of the house ; secondly, that of the farm and garden 

 offices and the hot-houses ; and, thirdly, the general plan of the 

 grounds. 



The house, in its external form and interior arrangement, is 

 to be considered as a cottage, or rather as a villa assuming a 

 cottage character. Hence, the centre pai't of the house, over the 

 dining and drawing rooms, appears, from the elevation of the 

 entrance front, to be only two stories high. There is, however, 

 a concealed story over part of the offices, for servants' bedrooms. 



The house, of which Jig. 157. is an enlarged plan, consists of: 

 «, The porch, entered from a bridge thrown across the brook, 4, 



as shown inj^. 154. 

 b b, Passage, from which are seen the stairs to the bedrooms ; and 



in which, at ii, there is a jib-door and a ventilating window, 



to prevent the possibility of the smell from the kitchen or 



offices, or water-closet, penetrating to the other parts of the 



passage. 



c, Recess for coats, hats, &c, fitted up with a hat and umbrella- 

 stand, tables, &c. 



d, Drawingroom, with a recess at the further end, fitted up with 

 a sofa and a writing-table. 



e, Dining-room, with a recess for the largest sideboard, and 

 another for a smaller sideboard and cellarets. 



J, Library, chiefly lighted from the roof, but having one window 

 to the garden, and a glass door to the porch A, also looking 

 into the garden, and from which the view^g.158. is obtained. 

 This room is fitted up with bookcases all round ; those on 

 each side of the fire-place being over large cabinets, about 

 4 ft. 6 in. high, filled with a collection of shells, minerals, and 

 organic remains, &c. ; and, to save the space that would other- 

 wise be lost at the angles, pentagonal closets are formed there, 

 in which maps, and various articles that cannot be conveniently 

 put on the regular bookshelves, are kept. The doors to these 

 corner closets are not more than 9 in. in width, and they are 

 of paneled wainscot. The shelves are fitted in front with 

 mahogany double reeds, fixing the cloth which protects the 

 tops of the books, thus giving the appearance of mahogany. 



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