April 29, 1886. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
843 
The conservatory is built in what is known as the Queen Anne style ot 
architecture, so as to harmonise with the mansion, which is a very fine 
example of that style. It will be seen that the building is span-roofed, 
oblong in shape, with a large recess on the east side, surmounted with a 
gable ; but the chief and novel feature of the arrangement is the 
picturesque and somewhat unique treatment cf the front, which is formed 
white transparent glass in the ordinary way ; the small upper squares are 
filled in with pale neutral green glass ; the transom sashes are glazed with 
tinted lead glazing, and the roof with one-eighth rolled plate. The details 
have all been carefully considered, all the parts are admirably propor¬ 
tioned, and the general external effect of the building is mo 3 t satis¬ 
factory. 
into a large and highly ornamental open projecting porch, the roof of 
which is carried on square and octagonal columns with carved cups and 
bases, and which is provided with seats facing the lawn. This porch 
forms a most agreeable lounge, from whence the sports or games being 
enacted on the lawn may be witnessed. The glaz'ng of the building is 
varied and effective* The lower squares of the sashes are glazed with 
No less care and judgment have been displayed in the arrangement of 
the interior. The building has not been cut up into a number of small 
beds and paths in the usual manner, but the centre has been left free for 
promenade, leaving a clear view from end to end. Exactly opposite the 
door at the opposite end of the building is a small group of rockwork 
covered with Ferns and having water trickling down into a small pond, 
