The Englishman's house, from a cottage to a mansion. A practical guide to members of building societies, and all interested in selecting or building a house (1871)
Richardson, C. J. (Charles James), 1806-1871 · London, J. C. Hotten · leaf 310
ost universalthrough every part of England, as is proved by thebirds-eye view, engraved by Kipp, from drawings byKnyff in the book, Britannia Illustrata, and thoseof the gardens given in Loggan^s Oxonia Restituta,and the similar work on Cambridge. But gardens,like all other mundane matters, have… … Ground-plan of villa. from the Dutch model: they were satirized by Pope,thus— Grove nods at grove, eacli alley has a Lrotlier,And half the platform just reflects the other. They were called King Williams style of fortifica- A SUMMER OR GARDEN VILLA. 305 tious^ surrounded with yew edges, cut in…
Architecture, Domestic
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