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north by rising ground or plantations. It has no sunk story,and as none ol the offices rise so high as the level of the se-cond floor, the principal rooms therefore command all thevariety of prospect the situation affords, with as few windowsas possible; the doors, windows, and chimneys are placed inthe most commodious position for comfort and elegance. Theoffices are arranged in the most convenient situation for theperformance of the operations suitable to each, with the leastpossible labour, and the whole kept in the most simple andeconomical form. All the chimneys go up the walls of themain building; which, with proper attention in the construc-tion of large-sized vents, will keep all places free of smoke.A green-house is placed on the vent-wall of the servants’ hall,whence, by proper management of the flue, it may be madeto give all the heat wanted in winter, and it would form anagreeable addition to the drawing-room, if connected by oneof the windows. On the other side, and on the vent-wall ofthe kitchen, it would be proper to construct a hot-house, whichwould receive the warmth from the chimneys, and seldom re-quire the further forcing of a separate fire. As the roof ofthe hot-house slopes back to the wall, the window of the studywould be above it.

The roof of the house, which admits of its being very flat,might be covered with the Minto composition, (see Appen-dix , NO. II.). If built in a place where good materials canbe got, all the stones of the outside of the walls should berough hammer dressed, and laid in level courses, with theirjoints square, and the stones for the corners and windows com-pletely dressed, and built in a line with the face of the wall.The bands or belts, the cornice, and the porch, ought to beof polished freestone. The entrance, hall, and staircase,should be laid with polished pavement; and the back passagesand offices with droved pavement. Drains, with close laidbottoms of pavement, in the form of a V, should be construct-ed all round the house and offices, with cross drains throughthe courts, and from the water-closets, &c. The whole drains