Difference between a city and a country house. The characteristic features of a country house. Examination of the leading principles in Rural Architecture. The different styles. The Grecian style, its merits and defects, and its associations. The Roman and Italian styles. The Pointed or Gothic style. The Tudor Mansion. The English Cottage, or Rural Gothic style. These styles considered in relation to situation or scenery. Individual tastes. Entrance Lodges. "A house amid the quiet country's shades, With length'ning vistas, ever sunny glades; Beauty and fragrance clustering o'er the wall, A porch inviting, and an ample hall."
[AJ Downing's reference to landscape architecture undoubtedly comes from the title of JC Loudon's edition of Humphry Repton's collected work: The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture of the late Humphry Repton. Like Gilbert Laing Meason, they used to the mean the type of architecture which sits well in a landscape garden. TT]
