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sort of watch tower at an exposed point, commanding a good sea or land view, it would be appropriate. The

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staircase can of course be placed inside instead of outside, if more desirable, and the lower story may also be glazed and furnished with a fireplace.

Fig. 147 is a pavilion or central object, which will readily adapt itself either to Grecian or Pompeian design. It is calculated for an adjunct to an elegant building in either of those styles, and is supposed to be within sight of the house.

Should it be desired to use it only as a covered seat, forming an object at the end of a single walk, three of the sides may be filled in with masonry, which

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will prevent draught; or the three sides may be glazed with large sheets of plate glass, which would answer the same purpose.

This design admits of being used as a simple blind portico, projecting from a plain garden wall, by merely cutting the plan off at a convenient place as regards the pilasters or piers.

The following (fig. 148) is a pavilion intended to be seen in connexion with either Elizabethan or Stuartian

architecture. The carving may be carried to any extent. The writer has tried to keep simplicity in view in all these sketches, it being comparatively easy to supplement any amount of decoration, provided the design be good in the first instance.

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This pavilion is supposed to be entered from the high level, affording a good point whence to view the garden, or prospect generally.

Under the terrace wall is a raised bed, formed by a handsome kerb of wrought stone, the mouldings of

which may be varied according to the taste of the designer; they should, however, in all cases slope back so as to allow the tendrils and drooping plants to hang gracefully over the edge.

In the centre of the lower portion of the building is a stream of water falling over moss-covered stones, and backed by ferns.

Fig. 149 is a pavilion at the corner of a terrace, but is equally fitted for a central object on the level. The

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style may be described as Georgian. It admits of much more decoration than the drawing shows; it

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would also admit of being glazed, and in some situations would be much improved by it.

This and the following designs are also adapted for entrances to orange houses or the like.

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Fig. 150 is a pavilion of about the same date as the preceding, but leaning towards the French school. It would look well in connexion with large trees and large objects generally; the outline would be pic

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