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FRAGMENT XVIII.
UPPARK.
EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF UPPARK,
A SEAT OF SIR HARRY FEATHERSTONE, BART.
SITUATION AND CHARACTER.
BEFORE a rational plan for the improvement of any place can
be laid down, it is always necessary to consider its natural
situation, and the character which has been given to it by art.
The former at Uppark is truly magnificent, being on the sum-
mit of 'the South down range of hills; and when we consider
the large masses of wood, the beautiful shapes and verdure of
the lawns, with the distant and various views of sea and land,
it is difficult to adapt any style of building to such a spot, that
may correspond with the great scale of the place. Of this dif-
ficulty the Architect seems to have been aware, by the degree
of irregularity which was originally adopted in the position of
the outbuildings: this is evident, both from the map and from
an old picture on the staircase, wherein the stables and other
offices appear to have been placed not at right angles, but con-
verging from the entrance front.
His reasons for so doing seem to have been well founded.