The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . a few remarks,which have been sent us on the subject by our architecturalfriend who first suggested the idea of publishing them. Thegardeners houses which I visited in Scotland are eitherlean-tos generally behind the hot-houses, and consequentlyexposed to the north winds, and precluded from all sun-shine, except during a few weeks in summer; or they aredetached houses, generally lodges to gates, or placed in conspi-cuous situations in the grounds as ornamental objects. Now,the first class I consider as discreditable in poin
The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement . a few remarks,which have been sent us on the subject by our architecturalfriend who first suggested the idea of publishing them. Thegardeners houses which I visited in Scotland are eitherlean-tos generally behind the hot-houses, and consequentlyexposed to the north winds, and precluded from all sun-shine, except during a few weeks in summer; or they aredetached houses, generally lodges to gates, or placed in conspi-cuous situations in the grounds as ornamental objects. Now,the first class I consider as discreditable in point of humanity,and the other equally so in point of architecture. Wouldany human being voluntarily submit to live on the ground,under a shed exposed to the north, and excluded from everyray of light or sun from the south ? Surely, no master entitledto the appellation of humane would wish a servant to remainin such a dwelling, if the evils attendant on it were pointedout to him. I have been particulai-ly requested not it) mention 660 Design for a Gardeners House, 130. XT5 names where the gar-deners live in sheds,and therefore 1 shallnot do so; but I amnot under the samerestraint with respectto the ornamentallodges, and thereforeI shall just refer toone, all show onthe exterior, withouteither accommoda-tion or convenientarrangement within,as a specimen of thediscreditable in ar-chitecture ; it is thegardeners house atEglinton Castle, andI mention it the moreIeadily, because Ihave no idea whowas the architect. The desifjn beforeus contains, on theground floor, a kit-chen, a ; parlour, b;back kitchen, c ; andoffice, d. The chamberfloor contains threegood bed-rooms, e;and a seed-room, are two closets,g and //. Am. IX. Design for a Gardeners House, serving, at the sametime, as a IVatchtower for the Fruit Walls of a Garden in theNeighbourhood of a large Ciltj. By T. A. The following design, by one of our most eminent Londonarchitects, was sent us for our Eiicyclup(cdia of Cotta
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