. 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. DEMESNE OF MARKREE, IN THE COUNTY OF SLIGO, IRELAND. The Gothic entrance to the demesne of Markree, was designed by theauthor for Edwaed Joshua Cooper, Esq. for the county of is in conformity with the original style of the Castle, which, owing-to the dilapidations of time, and the introduction of modern innovations,presents little that is in accordance with its original character. It ishoped, however, that, through the refined taste and discriminating judg-ment of its present occupant, it will again appear, clothed in thoseattributes of ancient grandeur, which must render it a highly interestingand most commanding* feature amongst the bold and romantic sceneryof the neighbourhood. This Gate Lodge is composed of grey marble, from the adjacent quarries, and cost aboutone thousand pounds. The principal tower is fifty-one feet high, and is intended to be amedium of communication, by telegraph, with the adjoining estates of Col. Nino END OF VOL. I. VOL.
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