Landform design for Brighton Pavilion

The most natural shape for the surface will be a valley trending from north to south. The great dome has been placed at the north end of this valley, and an artificial obstruction from the adjoining town has stopped the valley towards the south: this forms a dell, or hollow basin, which ought, if possible, to have a pool of water, however small it may be; and, as it is evidently caused by the interference of art, its form should be artificial; any attempt to make it natural, would look like affectation.