. The art of landscape gardening . Landscape gardening. i04 The Art of Landscape Gardening contrivance than a design for a palace, in which the rooms may be so numerous that different apartments may be provided for summer and for winter use; but where compactness and economy are studied, some contrivance is necessary to avail ourselves of views and aspects, without sacrificing convenience and relative fitness to the beauty of the Fig. 26. Ground-plan of Villa at BrenCry Hill. a. Breakfast-room ; i, drawing-room, opening, with folding doors, to a small library; c, eating- room ; ii,
. The art of landscape gardening . Landscape gardening. i04 The Art of Landscape Gardening contrivance than a design for a palace, in which the rooms may be so numerous that different apartments may be provided for summer and for winter use; but where compactness and economy are studied, some contrivance is necessary to avail ourselves of views and aspects, without sacrificing convenience and relative fitness to the beauty of the Fig. 26. Ground-plan of Villa at BrenCry Hill. a. Breakfast-room ; i, drawing-room, opening, with folding doors, to a small library; c, eating- room ; ii, kitcbcn ; f, kitcbcn court ; /, drying-ground ; g, part of the ; ^, stable court Under this restraint perhaps few houses have been built with more attention to the situation and circum- stances of the place than the villa at Brentry [Figs. 25 and 26]. The eating-room is to the north, with one window towards the prospect, which may be opened or shut out by Venetian blinds at pleasure. The break- fast-room is towards the south, and the drawing-room towards the prospect. Modern habits have altered the uses of a drawing-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818; Nolen, John, 1869-1937; American Society of Landscape Architects. Boston : Houghton Mifflin
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