172 ARCHITECTURE, BOOK I. 



SECT. III. OF UNITING A MANSION WITH THE SURROUND- 

 ING SCENERY BY MEANS OF THE OFFICES. 



The offices of a complete country residence may be divided 

 into three kinds : 1st, The servants' apartments, coal cellar, &c. 

 immediately adjoining the mansion; 2dly, The stables, gene- 

 rally near those ; and, 3dly, The farm offices, sometimes near, 

 but most frequently at a considerable distance. The whole, 

 according to the present fashion, are studiously concealed by 

 trees, and therefore can have no effect in accomplishing what 

 I propose. To bring them into view so as to form subordinate 

 masses to the mansion, care must be taken, 1st, Not to place 

 them upon a lower level than the mansion, but if possible on 

 rather more elevated ground. This may occasionally be ac- 

 complished on the sides of hills, when it would give a very 

 splendid effect to the whole. 2dly, In designing the offices, the 

 present poverty and formal simplicity should be avoided, by 

 carrying up parapets and towers, disguising the chimney tops, 

 and concealing the roofs. All this ought to be in due propor- 

 tion to the style of the mansion. If it be plain and simple, the 

 offices must be still more so. If rich and magnificent, the 

 offices should have a correspondent appearance. In every case. 



