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fom 'this powerful neighbour, it will trather be advisable to
atteipt such an union as may extend the influence of this vene-
rable pile to every part of the mansion.
This I purpose to effect by a narrow building, or cloister, to
connect the house with the abbey, as described in the annexed
view, in Which the plan is purposely introduced to shew how
inconsiderable in proportion to the present buildings would be
such addition, although it appears to be a work of great mag-
nitude; and this being a deception arising from perspective, I
shall explainits cause.
The south front of the house being only about fourscore feet
distant from the abbey, it is impossible to: view it, except in
such perspective as must shew it very much foreshortened. For
this reason, as it appcars by the drawing, the west end of the
house, though containing only two windows, is more conspi-
cuous than the whole south front, in which there are twenty-
six; it is therefore the more necessary that this small part. of the
building which faces the west should be enriched by such orna-
ments as may be in harmony with the Gothic character of the
abbey: the Venetian Window, and the paladian window over it,
may be externally united into one Gothic window, which, by
its size and character, will extend the importance of the abbey
to the whole of the mansion.!
A large window is necessary, because a number of small
parts will never constitute one great whole; butL if a few large
parts, such as the window here mentioned, the gateway,, and
6 A heautiful specimen of thus uting two floors by one window, may be seen at
SHEFFIELD PLACE, where, I believe, it was first introduced by Mr. James Wyatt.
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