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centre arch being directly opposite to the principal door, the scene wouldchange at once, on entering from a park to a flower-garden; than which,perhaps, there is no transition more cheerful. By filling the arches withframes of glass in winter, a conservatory would be added to the luxuryof a promenade at all seasons, without diminishing the warmth of thehouse, which, for all Sir John Cullum , or other deep-rooted antiquariesmay say to the contrary, is one of the greatest improvements in modernresidences.

The quadrangle is deficient of an appendage peculiarly characteristicof the Tudor period — a fountain, which was held an indispensableornament of a court. ■'

“ Into tbe base eourte sfje Ugh me then lebe,

S&lbere tons a fountain bepureb of plesante,

& noble spnmge, a rgall conbugtc belie,iftabe of fjme goitre enamelleb fcoftjb recti;

2tnb on tbe toppe four bragons blefoe anb stoute'Stbgs bultet toater tn four partes bub spoute.”

Yet surely a fountain of this kind would be an injudicious ornamentin such a situation. An area surrounded by four high walls must havebeen sufficiently dank without a splashy fall of water; while on opengrounds, fountains are beautiful and refreshing objects.