To lay out a double suburban villa, with an ornamental gardens the entrance-porches being close together.

165. General Arrangement

In small houses like those before us, this is a considerable advantage, in saving the time of servants in opening the street-entrance, and one which will be particularly felt, if the occupier of the house should be a professional man; such as a medical practitioner, a solicitor, or the holder of any parish or public office, etc. The present design is also well adapted for a person wishing the one house to be occupied as bis office, and as the residence of his principal clerk, and the other to be retained as his own residence. By such an arrangement, he would have all the advantages of a large house; while he would only pay the Government and parochial taxes for two small ones. Thus, there need not be more than nine windows in each house; which, for the two houses, would cost two guineas per annum; while, for eighteen windows in one house, he would pay nearly 5l. per annum: In fig. 45. (which is to a scale of 20 ft. to an inch), a a are the front entrances; b b, the entrances to the double porch; c, the entrance to one of the houses; dt the hall and staircase; e, living-parlour; f, drawing-room; g, front lawn, with small circular beds for growing dahlias; h, side lawns, with circular flower-beds; i, lawns in the back garden, with flower-beds; k, walk which separates the lawn of the back garden from the part devoted to culinary vegetables; l, recess for the garden roller, or for a seat The apartments corresponding to e and f in the adjoining house may be a surgery and consulting-room, if occupied by a medical practitioner; or a clerk's office and a master's office, if occupied by a solicitor.

In this case, both houses Wing, as it were, occupied by one family, the wire fence separating the two entrance walks, and the group of evergreens in front of the centre of the porch, are unnecessary; and they have been, accordingly, omitted by Mr, Lamb, in the elevation to this plan (fig. 46.).