Regency Household: Villa in the Grecian Style

SECOND VILLA IN THE GRECIAN STYLE DESIGN No 8 THE various designs for the respective structures engraved in this work have been considered expressly with reference to the entire practicability of their erection an object which appeared of the utmost importance as too many publications somewhat similar in pretension have issued from the press though speciously adorned with picturesque ornament and inviting to the eye may be regarded as agreeable pictures rather than practical structures It has been long regretted by those who had a desire to build elegant and convenient dwellings that no work had been brought out that could afford satisfactory information upon the subject namely to sup ply such elevations and plans with correct estimates as might enable them to determine without apprehension the propriety of employing an architect to accomplish such an undertaking The work now submitted is intended to supply so important a deside ratum for every elevation contained herein has been made with strict reference to a preconceived arrangement with regard to an appropriate interior plan for suitable accommodation so as to form a habitable structure of its proposed scale and character compatible in all its parts In making the foregoing observations the author is not unmindful of the high talent which many living professors of the art have evinced in structures of these various classes which ornament certain demesnes in many parts of the kingdom but these have not often given their thoughts to publications of this nature his animadversions are intended to bear on such works as have little claim to the approbation of persons of taste and which in many instances are calculated to mislead rather than to inform This Villa is designed also for the residence of a family maintaining a genteel household establishment The estimate for this Villa including suitable offices 2460 The author has erected a structure in this style as a Parsonage for the Rev WILLIAM LEIGH of Bilston Staffordshire including stables chaise house walls & c for the sum of 1270

The design and description appeared in Domestic Architecture: Being a Series of Designs for Mansions, Villas, Rectory Houses, Parsonage Houses, Bailiffs’ Lodge, Gardener’s Lodge, Game-keeper’s Lodge, Park Gate Lodges, Etc. in the Grecian, Italian, and Old English Styles of Architecture. With Observations on the Appropriate Choice of Site; the Whole Designed with Strict Reference to the Practicability of Erection, and with Due Attention to the Important Consideration of Uniting Elegance, Convenience and Domestic Comfort with Economy … With Accurate Estimates Appended to Each Design (1833).


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