Hi nts on Landscape Gardening 
Fig. i 3. Grecian architecture, or architecture in which horizontal 
lines prevail, contrasted with round-headed trees. 
house, I conceive it possible, without any 
very great expense, to convert the house 
itself into the most pleasing object through¬ 
out every part of the grounds from whence 
it may be visible. 
Having stated some arguments for adopt¬ 
ing the Gothic style, 1 shall now proceed to 
consider the objections that may be urged 
against it. The first objection will arise 
from the expense of altering the outside, 
without any addition to the internal comfort 
of the mansion. The same objection may, 
indeed, be made to every species ot external 
ornament in dress, furniture, equipage, or 
any other object of taste or elegance : the 
outside case of an harpsichord does not im¬ 
prove the tone of the instrument, but it dec¬ 
orates the room in which it is placed : thus 
it is as an ornament to the beautiful grounds 
at Wembly, that I contend for the external 
improvement of the house. But in altering 
the house, we may add a room to any part 
Fig. 15. Grecian architecture, or the architecture of horizontal 
lines, contrasted with spiry-topped trees. 
Fig. 14. Gothic architecture, or architecture in which perpendicular 
lines prevail, contrasted with round-headed trees. 
of the building without injuring the pictur¬ 
esque outside, because an exact symmetry, 
so far from being necessary, is rather to be 
avoided in a Gothic building. 
Another objection may arise from the 
smallness of the house, as Gothic structures 
are, in general, of considerable magnitude; 
but the character of great or small is not 
governed by measurement: a great building 
may be made to appear small; and it is from 
the quantity of windows, and not their size, 
that we should pronounce a house to be a 
very considerable edifice. 
PROPER SITUATIONS FOR A HOUSE 
However various opinions may be on the 
choice of a situation for a house, yet there 
appear to be certain principles on which such 
choice ought to be founded; and these may 
be deduced from the following considerations: 
First. The natural character of the sur¬ 
rounding country. 
Secondly. The style, character and size 
of the house. 
Fig. 16. Gothic architecture, or that in which perpendicular lines 
prevail, contrasted with spiry-topped trees. 
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