Of the three distinct characters, the Castle, the Abbey, and the House-Gothic, the former of these appears best calculated for BAYHAM [see figs. 118, 119, 120, and 121]. Yet, as the object is not to build a castle, but a house, it is surely allowable to blend with the magnificence of this character the advantages of the other two, as well as the elegance, the comfort, and the convenience of modern habitation. It may be urged, that the first purpose of a castle is defence; that of a house, habitation; but it will surely be allowed, that something more is required than the mere purposes of habitation. An ordinary carpenter may build a good room; a mechanic, rather more ingenious, may connect a suite of rooms together, and so arrange their several offices and appendages as to make a good house, that is, a house sufficient for all the purposes of habitation. But an architect will aim at something higher; he will add to the internal convenience, not merely external beauty, but external propriety and character; he will aim not only to make a design perfect in itself, but perfect in its application.
