From the palace to the cottage, this principle should be observed. Whether we take our models from a Grecian temple, or from a Gothic abbey, from a castle, or from a college, if the building does not look like a house, and the residence of a nobleman, it will be out of character at BAYHAM. It may, perhaps, be objected, that we must exactly follow the models of the style or date we mean to imitate, or else we make a pasticcio, or confusion of discordant parts. Shall we imitate the thing, and forget its application? No: let us rather observe how, in Warwick Castle, and in other great mansions of the same character, the proud baronial retreat 'of the times of old,' has been adapted to the purposes of modern habitation. Let us preserve the massive strength and durability of the castle, and discard the gloom which former tyranny and cruelty inspired; let us preserve the light elegance of Gothic abbeys in our chapels, but not in our houses, where such large and lofty windows are inadmissible; let us, in short, never forget that we are building a house, whether we admire and imitate the bold irregular outline of an ancient castle, the elegant tracery in the windows of a Gothic church, or the harmony of proportions, and the symmetrical beauty of a Grecian temple.
