. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . M~z:??:z::m Plan of mezzanine floor. two small rooms; one a study, the other a bedroomand closet. The basement contained a large and well-fitted kitchen, a scullery and larder, a butlers pantry,and servants* hall, and cellars for ale and buildings of this kind, of larger character andof more importance, were often erected in private A SUMMER OR GARDEN VILLA. 323 grounds of noblemen and gentry. One, very similarto the prese
. The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house . M~z:??:z::m Plan of mezzanine floor. two small rooms; one a study, the other a bedroomand closet. The basement contained a large and well-fitted kitchen, a scullery and larder, a butlers pantry,and servants* hall, and cellars for ale and buildings of this kind, of larger character andof more importance, were often erected in private A SUMMER OR GARDEN VILLA. 323 grounds of noblemen and gentry. One, very similarto the present design, was constructed by the lateRobert Adam, for a salt-water bath, at Mistley, theseat of the Right Hon. Richard Rigby. Mr. Adamand Sir William Chambers erected a large number ofsuch ornamental structures. One of the most elegant. Plan of upper story. examples, by Mr. Robert Adam, was the rout-houseor pa^-ilion erected for a fete champetre in the gardensof the Earl of Derby, at the Oaks, in Surrey, in building was internally of the most ornamentalcharacter; there was an octangular vestibule, a hall30 feet in diameter; this opened into a grand ball- Y 3 324 A SUMMER OR GARDEN VILLA. room, 72 feet by 35 feet within the columns, and86 feet by ^6 feet within the walls. The supper-room,surrounding the ball-room, measured 200 feet fromone end to the other, and 20 feet in width. It wasexposed in its full splendour on the curtains beingdrawn ; and at the end of the ball-room there were
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