Domestic architecture, being a series of designs, for mansions, villas, rectory houses, parsonage houses, bailiff's lodge, gardener's lodge, game-keeper's lodge, park-gate lodges, etc., in the (14768365352)

Identifier: domesticarchitec01good (find matches)
Title: Domestic architecture, being a series of designs, for mansions, villas, rectory houses, parsonage houses, bailiff's lodge, gardener's lodge, game-keeper's lodge, park-gate lodges, etc., in the Grecian, Italian, and old English style of architecture : with observations on the appropriate choice of site, the whole designed with strict reference to the practicability of erection, and with due attention to the important consideration of uniting elegance, convenience and domestic comfort with economy, the whole being the result of upwards of thirty years professional experience : with accurate estimates appended to each design
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: Goodwin, Francis, 1784-1835
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic
Publisher: London : Henry G. Bohn
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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GAME-KEEPEBS LODGE. DESIGN No. 1. One of the principal objects of this work, is that of rendering- therespective structures characteristic of the purposes for which they aredesigned, as well as with particular attention to the general ornamentof the demesne in which the)^ are to be erected; as nothing is morepleasing* in the view of an estate, than meeting on ever) occasion, thatfitness, and order, which evince, that the proprietor not only maintainselegance, convenience, and social enjoyment beneath his own roof, butequally extends his beneficence and good taste, by providing convenience,and domestic comfort for all his dependants, not immediately inmates of thehousehold. The head game-keeper being a servant of trust, should be eligiblylodged; though his tenement is too often situate in an obscure part ofthe estate, where it is not to be seen but by those visitors, who rambleamongst the most sequestered parts. This is not good economy, as suchobscurity is apt to engender low habits,