In determining effects, it is not sufficient to consider merely the size of the building; but as all objects appear great or small only by comparison, it is also necessary to consider the size and character of those by which this mansion will be accompanied. The surrounding scenery of BAYHAM must influence the character of the house; we must, therefore, consider what style of architecture will here be most appropriate. There has ever appeared to me something wrong, or misunderstood, in the manner of adapting Grecian architecture to our large mansions in the country: our professors having studied from models in a different climate, often forget the difference of circumstances, and shew their classic taste, like those who correctly quote the words, but misapply the sense, of an author. The most striking feature of Grecian architecture is a portico, and this, when it forms part of a temple, or a church, may be applied with propriety and grandeur; but when added to a large house, and intersected by two or three rows of windows, it is evidently what, in French, is called an Applique, something added, an after-thought; and it has but too often the appearance of a Grecian temple affixed to an English cotton-mill.
