914 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. Design XIX. — A Villa in the Grecian Style, for a large Fnmily, resitUng chiefly in the Country, with an Income of from j^GOOO to ^"10,000 a Year. 1855. The Situation of this villa is on the high and steep bank of a river in Devonshire, where it was built, a few years ago, from the designs and under the direction of Charles Vokins, Esq., Architect, Pimlico. Fig. 1598 sliows the relative situation of the house, 1598 offices, and garden ; a is the approach ; b, the entrance front of the house ; c, the stable and kitchen court ; d, the kitchen-garden ; e, the flower-garden ; /, the family entrance, and road to the gardens ; g, drive to the wooded hills behind the house ; and h, iron fence separating the lawn from the woods. This lawn is not mown, but pastured by sheep and deer, which are also kept fVom the plantations between the house and the kitchen and flower gardens by a similar iron fence, in the direction indicated by the letters i i ; A is a river ; and I, a stream which joins it ; the point of the junction is about 200 feet below the level of the floor of the house. The grounds behind are wooded, and rise to hills to the height of several hundred feet. The gereral appcaiance of the house, as seen within SOO feet of the entrance front, is as shown in fig. 1 599. 1856. Accommodation. In the ground plan, fig. IGOO, a is the entrance hall; b, the library; c, drawiiigroom ; d, dining-room; c, great staircase; /, breakfast-room; g, bed-
