The art of landscape gardening . ith compactnessadapted to its situation, character, and uses. blage of gardens and villas in Henbury and Westbury;beyond which are the Severn and Bristol Channel, andthe prospect is bounded by the mountains of SouthWales. This view is towards the west, and I havegenerally observed that the finest prospects in Englandare all towards this point.*^ Yet this, of all aspects, isthe most unpleasant for a house ; it was not, therefore,advisable to give an extended front in this direction,yet it would have been unpardonable not to havetaken advantage of so fine a prosp
The art of landscape gardening . ith compactnessadapted to its situation, character, and uses. blage of gardens and villas in Henbury and Westbury;beyond which are the Severn and Bristol Channel, andthe prospect is bounded by the mountains of SouthWales. This view is towards the west, and I havegenerally observed that the finest prospects in Englandare all towards this point.*^ Yet this, of all aspects, isthe most unpleasant for a house ; it was not, therefore,advisable to give an extended front in this direction,yet it would have been unpardonable not to havetaken advantage of so fine a prospect. A compact plan often demands more trouble and 204 The Art of Landscape Gardening contrivance than a design for a palace, in which therooms may be so numerous that different apartmentsmay be provided for summer and for winter use; butwhere compactness and economy are studied, somecontrivance is necessary to avail ourselves of views andaspects, without sacrificing convenience and relativefitness to the beauty of the Fig. 26. Ground-plan of Villa at Brentry Hill,a. Breakfast-room; 4, drawing-room, opening, with folding doors, to a small library; c, eating-room ; d, kitchen ; c, kitchen court; /, drying-ground ; ^, part of the kitchen-garden ; h, stablecourt. Under this restraint perhaps few houses have beenbuilt with more attention to the situation and circum-stances of the place than the villa at Brentry [Figs. 25and 26]. The eating-room is to the north, with onewindow towards the prospect, which may be opened orshut out by Venetian blinds at pleasure. The break-fast-room is towards the south, and the drawing-roomtowards the prospect. Modern habits have altered the uses of a drawing- Theory and Practice 205 room; formerly, the best room in the house was openedonly a few days in each year, where the guests sat ina formal circle, but now the largest and best roomin a gentlemans house is that most frequented andinhabited: it is filled with books, musical instruments,
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