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makes his escape into the neighbouring lanes or inclosures to enjoy the 
country; while in the artificial Garden, richly clothed with flowers, and 
decorated with seats and works of art, we saunter or repose ourselves, 
without regretting the want of extent, any more than while we are in 
the saloon, the library, or the gallery of the mansion. 
The luxury of a Winter Garden has of late been in some degree sup- 
plied by adding large conservatories to the apartments of a house; but 
this is not in all cases practicable, nor in some advisable; yet in most 
situations it is possible to obtain a covered line of connexion with the 
Green-house, and other appendages of a Winter Garden, at a little dis- 
tance from the house.' 
If by the various expedients suggested, I have succeeded in length- 
ening the summers, by shortening the walks; or if I have increased the 
comforts or pleasures of a Garden, by diminishing what is too often 
miscalled the Pleasure Garden, I shall not have exercised my profession 
in vain; since I hope it will tend to curtail the waste of many thousand 
acres, which may be more profitably employed. 
I shall now proceed to explain the reasons for recommending in the 
present instance a departure from the styles of Architecture hitherto 
used in this country. It happened that a little before my first visit to 
Brighton, I had been consulted by the proprietor of Sesincot, in Glouces- 
tershire, where he wished to introduce the Gardening and Architecture 
which he had seen in India/ I confess the subject was then entirely 
new to me; but from his long residence in the interior of that country, 
and from the good taste and accuracy with which he had observed and 
pointed out to me the various forms of ancient Hindu Architecture, a 
new field opened itself; and as I became more acquainted with them, 
through the accurate Sketches and Drawings made on the spot by my 
ingenious friend Mr. T. Daniell, I was pleased at having discovered 
new sources of beauty and variety, which might gratify that thirst for 
' The covered Walk and Corridor at Woburn Abbey is the most extensive of the kind in this country. It is a 
shelter from rain at all seasons, and furnishes a line of connexion with the conservatory, flower-house, tennis- 
court, stables, riding-house, &c. But this is not covered with glass. — Among those on a small scale, I may 
mention the Flower Passage at Mr. Manning’s Villa at Totterige; the Corridor at Earl Sefton’s at Stoke Farm; 
and the Winter Walk at the Hon. J. B. Simpson’s at Babworlh, Nottinghamshire: all which add great comfort 
to the interior, while they contribute by their exterior to ornament the Garden Scenery. 
1 Although I gave my opinion concerning the adoption of this new style, and even assisted in the selecting 
some of the forms from Mr. T. Daniell’s collection, yet the architectural department at Sesincot ot course devolved 
to the Brother of the Proprietor, who has displayed as much correctness as could be expected in a first attempt 
of a new style, of which he could have no knowledge but from drawings, but who has sufficiently exemplified 
in various parts of his building, that the detail of Hindi! Architecture, is as beautiful in reality as it appears in 
the drawings, and does not shrink from a comparison with the pure Gothic in richness of effect. 
