. The art of landscape gardening . ey seem to have had one side of the quadrangleopened, and thus the line of communication beingcut off, this sort of house becomes less commodiousin proportion to the length of its projecting sides. Ofthis description were Cobham Hall and Cashiobury,to both of which have been judiciously added squarecourts of offices, under the direction of Mr. JamesWyatt. No. 3 is a form introduced in the reign of James I,with the quadrangle so small that it is often dampand dark; of this kind are Crewe, Hill Hall, Gay-hurst, and Culford ; although the latter has been mod-ern
. The art of landscape gardening . ey seem to have had one side of the quadrangleopened, and thus the line of communication beingcut off, this sort of house becomes less commodiousin proportion to the length of its projecting sides. Ofthis description were Cobham Hall and Cashiobury,to both of which have been judiciously added squarecourts of offices, under the direction of Mr. JamesWyatt. No. 3 is a form introduced in the reign of James I,with the quadrangle so small that it is often dampand dark; of this kind are Crewe, Hill Hall, Gay-hurst, and Culford ; although the latter has been mod-ernised and changed to the form, No. 7. Houses ofthis shape may sometimes be greatly improved bycovering the inner court entirely, and converting itinto a hall of communication ; this I advised at Sarsden,a house of later date. The offices are generally attachedto the side of these houses. In mansions of the fore-going three descriptions, a mixture of Grecian withGothic is often observed, particularly in those repairedby Inigo
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