field, so as to assist in giving a more finished foreground to the country outside the place. To the north-east of the pleasuregrounds and the public path, it will be further seen that there is a small detached field, at the northern corner of the property; and this field has some fine old beech trees in the hedges on either side of it. From its position, near the village and the rectory, and the shade and shelter afforded by the trees just mentioned, it is proposed to be used by the rector on the occasion of any village festival, when the grounds of the rectory would likewise be thrown open to the parishioners.

In order that the details of the plan may be better comprehended, the part which embraces the grounds (fig. 143, pp. 190, 191) is inserted on a larger scale, and with great minuteness of reference. The house is in the style of the fourteenth century, with open-timbered walls, and tiled roofs, of which some fine examples exist in the district. Of its interior plan, A is the diningroom, B the drawing-room, and C the library, with a passage leading to a garden door between the two latter. But these are capable of being united, and including the passage, by opening folding-doors, at pleasure. D is a private room or study, with access to the library from an exterior lobby. E is a corridor, F the hall, and G an entrance porch. His a storeroom, I the butler's sleeping room, J the butler's pantry, K the housekeeper's room, L the kitchen, M the servants' hall, N the larder, O the scullery, P the dairy, Q a place for cleaning knives and boots, and R a coal-shed. There is a small court at 2, and another adjoining it, and extending round to the back or north-west side of the house; the back entrance to the house being opposite the figure 2. The whole of the details and those of the adjuncts, are worked out with great care and taste by the architect.

It will be at once apparent that the entrance to the place is by an oblong court, (1,) nearly surrounded with walls; the space being diversified by the introduction of grass margins, studded irregularly with shrubs, by a grass plot in the centre partially clothed with shrubs, and by climbers trained to the walls. The stables and their accompaniments are at 3, and the stable-yard at 4, with a separate access from the outside road. There is a back path to the house at 15; and because some farm-buildings occur opposite the principal entrance, the view of these is broken by a cluster of hollies at 16. The wall (5) separating the

entrance court from the kitchen garden, extends round the southwest and all along the north-west side of the latter, (12,) and also of the fruit-garden, (13,) and divides both these from the churchyard. More than a hundred yards in length of a fruit wall with a south-east aspect are thus secured; and a prolongation of the same wall severs off the reserve and frame ground, (14,) which is conveniently annexed to the stable-yard. The walls round the entrance court, one of which is useable on both sides, present, by their varied aspects, the means of growing a great number of interesting climbing plants, and this facility is increased by the addition of a covered way, (6,) terminating the terrace garden, and having a series of trellised arches, for climbers, on the north-east side. Two covered seats at 7 make a proper finish to the long walk beneath the terrace, and the one at the north-east end has a door at the back, communicating with the public path.

A handsome walk, 18 ft. wide, (8,) along the front of the house, furnishes an open and yet sheltered promenade, and is returned by the end of the house, till it narrows into a path to the church through the fruit-garden. The space between the broad walk and the terrace bank, (9,) is mostly devoted to a flower-garden, (10,) which is cut into two by a walk from the garden door to the lower and longer path. Among the flower beds, are specimens (18) of Andromeda floribunda. The border on the south-east side of the wall, between the entrance court and the pleasure grounds, is for spring flowers and bulbs, as well as climbing plants. A few old trees (17) occur towards the southern end of the terrace, and on the lawn at the north side of the house. The rest of the figures may be explained as follows::

To render the account of this place more complete, several sections (144 to 148) are now added, by which the various levels

will be distinctly seen, and the shaping of the ground become more intelligible.

The scales to these sections are attached to

the last of them, fig. 128, and the vertical scale has been made twice as large as the horizontal one, for additional clearness. It