An encyclopædia of cottage, farm, and villa architecture and furniture : containing numerous designs for dwellings from the cottage to the villa including farm houses, farmeries, and other agricultural buildings, several designs for country inns, public houses, and parochial schools, with the requisite fittings-up fixtures and furniture ; and appropriate offices, gardens and garden scenery ; each design accompanied by analytical and critical marks illustrative of the principles of archtiectural science and taste on whihc it is composed (1836)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843 · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, and sold by John Weale, at the Architectural Library, High Holborn · leaf 801
much to the elevation of the central square mass, producing not only a fine general figure,but uniting the whole into a connected body. The large round tower, as a termination,adds the character of firmness to the whole edifice. Fig. 1419 is from Claude Lorraine. To the original part of the… … PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGNING VILLAS. 779 have been joined much more modern additions in front. Here, again, the commanding ele-vation of the square tower gives that consequence to the edifice, without which it wouldhave no effect. Hence Architects may observe how important it is to have one…
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