The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 112
seems peculiarly appropriate to situationslike the Grange, where the advantage of elevation commandsan extensive view over a fine country, well wooded, andwith great variety of landscape. The Grange has always beena favourite spot in the annals of taste, and contained, at onetime, a very line and… … complished with great skill by Mr. Wilkins, as far as thatobject was concerned. The basement was formed into amagnificent pedestal for the portico, and the attic story, andits roof, were suppressed and concealed behind a massive in-tablature. It is a question, (which however is not the subject…