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of ornament, I hope the good taste of the country will 

 never confound the character of a park with that of 

 a farm. 



To every dwelling there must belong certain un- 

 sightly premises which can never be properly orna- 

 mental, such as yards for coal, wood, linen, etc., and 

 these are more than doubled when the farmhouse is 

 contiguous ; for this reason I am of opinion that the 

 farming premises should be at a greater distance than 

 the kitchen-garden or the stables, which have a more 

 natural connexion with each other. 



The small pool in front of the house has been pur- 

 posely left, not as an object of beauty in itself, but as 

 the source of great beauty to the scenery ; for in the 

 dry valleys of Sussex such a pond, however small, will 

 invite the deer and cattle to frequent the lawn in front of 

 the house, and add to the view, motion, and animation. 



Those who only remember the former approaches 

 to this house, over lofty downs, with a dangerous road 

 to descend, will hardly believe that this venerable man- 

 sion is not situated in the bottom, but at the extremity 

 of a valley; for in reality the house is on the side of 

 a hill, and by the proposed line of approach it will 

 appear that it actually stands on. a considerable emi- 

 nence, the road ascending along the whole course of 

 the valley for more than a mile.'" 



A house extended in length may be objectionable in 

 many situations, but when built on the side of a hill, 

 if the ground rises boldly behind it, the objection to it 

 as a single house is removed. 



Where a house, like that at Garnons, by its situa- 

 tion and southern aspect, will constantly be a marked 

 feature from the surrounding country, presenting only 



