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cealinof the offices to a house,^ and on the use of 



bold irregular outline of an an- 

 cient Castlcj the elegant forms 

 and tracery of a Gothic Abbey, 

 or the harmony of proportions 

 and symmetrical beauty of a 

 Grecian Temple." 



« Observations^ p. 173. 



After describing six differ- 

 ent forms of houses and offices 

 at different dates, of which the 

 fifth and sixth had wings, " the 

 seventh and last invented con- 

 sists of a compact square house, 

 with three fronts, and to the 

 back of it are attached offices, 

 forming a very long range of 

 buildings, courts, walls, &c. all 

 supposed to be hid by planta- 

 tion. Such is the horror of see- 

 ing the offices, tliat in one in- 

 stance I was desired by the archi- 

 tect to plant trees on the earth 

 which had been brought and 

 laid on the copper roof with 

 which the kitchen offices had 

 been covered for that purpose!" 



either be employed in it, such 

 changes and modifications should 

 be admitted, as may adapt it to 

 existing circumstances; other- 

 wise the scale of its exactitude 

 becomes that of its incongruity, 

 and the deviation from principle 

 proportioned to the fidelity of 

 imitation." 



Enouiry, p. 214. 



" The practice, which was so 

 prevalent in the beginning of 

 this century, of placing the man- 

 sion-honse between two corre- 

 spondent wings, in which were 

 contained the offices, has of late 

 fallen into disuse ; and one still 

 more adverse to composition has 

 succeeded ; namely, tliat of en- 

 tirely hidhig offices behind 

 masses of plantation, and leav- 

 ing the wretched, square soli- 

 tary mansion-house to exhibit 



its pert bald front, &c. &c 



(The offices) are often concealed 

 in recesses or behind mounds, 

 the improver generally picking 

 out the most retired, intricate 

 and beautiful spot that can be 

 found near the house to bury 

 them in." 



