1?8 ARCHITECTURE. BOOK I. 



on each side the bridge. Frequently another gate and bridge 

 will be required, by which the carriage may pass to the stables. 

 This is a farther source of architectural appendages. When the 

 wall and piers are partially covered with ivy or other shrubs, 

 and its termination, or union with some other fence, is con- 

 cealed by trees, the effect will be complete for the entrance 

 front of what we may term the first style of villas. 



4thly, But a house of greater magnificence will generally be 

 placed upon a site made, either naturally or by art, of more 

 consequence than the one mentioned. If the general surface be 

 flat, it may be built upon a raised platform. This will require 

 a gradual ascent in the carriage road, from the outer wall or 

 fence to the entrance. But, except where this road is made, the 

 ascent should be sudden, that the site of tile house may be 

 more striking, and consequently its importance be heightened. 

 This may produce terraces, or a variety of other appendages, as 

 in Plate VII. fig. 1. 



5thly, In addition to the above, a magnificent villa may have 

 a rampart, as an ascent for carriages to the portico: and this 

 will form an interesting source of grandeur, use, and beauty. 

 Plate VII. fig. 2, was designed for a situation in a fertile 

 country near the sea. The entrance front, which is here given, 

 is to the north east, and of course admits of little ornament, as 



