2240. The kiosque is the Chinese prospect-tower, of peculiar construction, characterised by numerous stories, designated by projecting roofs and pendent bells. An example exists at Kew, and its details will be found in the Plans of the Buildings, &c., erected there by Sir W. Chambers. Sometimes the prospect-tower is a hollow column, as in the monumental column of London, that to the memory of Lord Nelson at Edinburgh, and to Lord Hill at Shrewsbury; but the stairs in such buildings are necessarily too narrow for the prospect-tower of country residences; and besides, there can be no rooms as resting-places, which are absolutely necessary, where ease and enjoyment are studied, and where some attention is had to the delicacy of women, and the infirmities of old age.
[kiosque is an old spelling of kiosk]
