ESSAY L 



THE SITUATION AND STYLE OF BUILDING FOR VILLAS. 



The taste which at present exists for the enjoyment of rural 

 scenery, is such as to render the construction of a country residence 

 of interesting importance. The principal considerations in such 

 structures are, the situation and the character of the building. Un- 

 der the first head must be considered the quality, the temperature, 

 and the salubrity of the air, the supply of water, the facility of 

 access, and although last, not least, the beauties of the prospects 

 and the surrounding scenery : this latter, however, is of an improve- 

 able nature, and comes more especially within the scope of this 

 Essay. The next consideration is an appropriate style of architec- 

 ture, and the arrangement which shall afford the requisite domestic 



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