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Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818 / Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts
(1816)
Report concerning a villa at Streatham, belonging to the Earl of Coventry, pp. 70-74
Report concerning a villa near a common, in the north of England, pp. 74-76
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useful when the heavy dews on the lawn render grass walks almost inaccessible. It happens at Streatham, that a long range of offices, stablesi and farm buildings, fronts the south, and seems to call for the expedient by which it may be best hid, viz. a continued co- vered way, extending a vista from the green-house annexed to the drawing-room; houses of every kind for Grapes, Peaches, Strawberries, Vines, &c. &c. to any extent, may here be added, without darkening the windows, which may be lighted under the glass, and a low skreen of flowering shrubs in summer will sufficiently hide this long range of winter comfort, without in- tercepting the rays of the sun. REPORT CONCERNING A VILLA NEAR A COMMON, IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. THE scenery and ituations, which I have been called in to im- prove, are not more diversified than are the characters of those to whom they belong; and were I to relate the difficulties attending my endeavours to meet the wishes of all my friends, this volume might perhaps be deemed a libel. Some who never meant to follow my advice, or even to do any thing to
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