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For this reason I marked a line from the south, through the
plantation, to shew the most interesting scenery of Wingerworth,
when the lake shall be completed; and also to ascend the hill
more gradually than by any other line.
ENTRANCE FROM CHESTERFIELD.
The line of this approach is not only too steep, but it is very
naked and uninteresting. It may be made more easy by a little
more curvature to ascend the hill, and direct the eye to some
grass-land beyond the road, which will appear a. continuation
of the Park. The following Vignette will shew the effect of
the alteration in the road, and of placing a Lodge across the
present line of road.
CONCLUSION.
It would be impossible to enumerate all the points in which
new beauties might be elicited from the natural situation and
circumstances of Wingerworth; it seems to have been unfortu-
nately treated, in all that regards its pleasure-ground walks, as
if it had been a Villa at Clapham, or a flat scene in Lincolnshire;
but I will not advise the alteration of what has been so recently
finished; I w l rather turn my attention to the general effect
of the whole, and the improvement of its great features, leaving
the lesser errors to outgrow and correct themselves.
The too hasty removal of hedges and masses of trees, in