. Domestic architecture, being a series of designs, for mansions, villas, rectory houses, parsonage houses, bailiff's lodge, gardener's lodge, game-keeper's lodge, park-gate lodges, etc., in the Grecian, Italian, and old English style of architecture : with observations on the appropriate choice of site, the whole designed with strict reference to the practicability of erection, and with due attention to the important consideration of uniting elegance, convenience and domestic comfort with economy, the whole being the result of upwards of thirty years professional experience : with accurate es
. Domestic architecture, being a series of designs, for mansions, villas, rectory houses, parsonage houses, bailiff's lodge, gardener's lodge, game-keeper's lodge, park-gate lodges, etc., in the Grecian, Italian, and old English style of architecture : with observations on the appropriate choice of site, the whole designed with strict reference to the practicability of erection, and with due attention to the important consideration of uniting elegance, convenience and domestic comfort with economy, the whole being the result of upwards of thirty years professional experience : with accurate estimates appended to each design. y j one indeed with whom the family of his employer maywith advantage, occasionally converse. As the study of botany is not only a scientific, but a delightful pursuit,it is likely that the female members of the family may frequently visitthe garden and green-house; and as our climate in the spring- is com-monly subject to sudden changes, from sun-shine to rain, the gardenerslodge should be so constantly neat and orderly, as to afford the means ofwarmth and shelter to the ladies. In the Lodge, moreover, should be asmall botanical library, with a desk and drawing1 materials, that thosewho cultivate flower painting- mig-ht copy from such rare, or tender plants,as could conveniently be brought from the green-house, and returnedwithout detriment. The gardener on these occasions would be at handto afford the botanical amateurs much valuable information as they proceedin their studies. The estimate for erecting a Gardeners Lodge, fitted up in a neat and appropriatemanner, £660. vol. i. B 4.
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