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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)

[Fragment XXXV. Concerning houses of industry, continued],   pp. 229-231


Page 231

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none more appropriate than the Schools, either public or
private, which of late have been erected, sometimes by the
parishes and sometimes by individuals, as ornamental appen-
dages to their Parks; under the latter circumstances, a more
costly design may be recommended. Having made several
for this purpose,- one of them is annexed, (see Vignette, p. 187)
which has been proposed for a School endowed and patronized
by Mrs. Burton, at Longnor, near Shrewsbury.


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