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can be conveniently brought into view. These con- 

 ditions will generally place the house at no great dis- 

 tance from what may be called the entrance-boundary. 

 In all villa residences, whether large or small, such a 

 position of the house will enable the proprietor to form 

 a more varied disposition of his grounds, than if it 

 were set down in the center, or toward the more dis- 

 tant extremity. In a small place, the designer will, on 

 this plan, have more space for useful and ornamental 

 purposes, while in a larger one he will be able to make 

 a more compact arrangement and a more felicitous 

 combination of his dressed grounds, gardens, and 

 offices, as well as to introduce a larger amount of 

 park and woodland scenery than could otherwise be 

 obtained. 



In support of these views, we might instance some 

 of the finest residences near London. Sion House and 

 Holland House, though not mere villas, exhibit no 

 affectation of long approaches. At Bedford Lodge, 

 Campden Hill, a suburban villa of the Duchess of 

 Bedford, the house is separated from the lane which 

 leads to it merely by the gate and entrance-court, and 

 wall inclosing the latter. At Mrs. Lawrence's villa 

 of Ealing Park, celebrated for its highly decorated 

 garden, pleasure-grounds, and beautiful little park, from 

 the proximity of the house to the road by which is 

 the principal access to the place, a very short approach 

 is all that is necessary. 



All these examples show the value put on internal 

 space by the owners of these residences. It may be 

 said, indeed, that these are only proofs of the desire 

 to have room in the interior for flower-grounds and 

 shrubberies, and therefore they were likely to be 



