This section is from the book "The Villa Gardener", by J. C. Loudon. Also available from Amazon: The Villa Gardener.
Plan and Description of the Villa formerly occupied by Mrs. Lawrence at Drayton Green.
Fig, 160. shows the general arrangement of the house and grounds; and the following are the details: d, Village lane.
e, Entrance to the house under a covered way; at the end of which, on each ride of the hall door, is a niche, with a statue.
f, Entrance lobby.
g, Hall and staircase.
h, Drawing-room, opening under a veranda to the lawn.
i, Dining-room, opening into the garden walk.
k, Boudoir, or morning room.
l, Breakfast-room and library, one of the windows opening to the front garden, which is ornamented with a border, and beds of low-growing peat-earth shrubs, intermixed with spring-flowering bulbs and standard roses.
m, Store closet under the staircase.
n, French wine cellar, entered through the ale and spirit cellar; from which there are stairs leading to the wine-cellar below.
o, Kitchen. p, Butler's pantry.
q, Back kitchen, serving also as a scullery to the dairy, r, Dairy. s, Housekeeper's room.
t, Dust-bin. u, Cinder-bin.
v. Bin for refuse which cannot be burned or turned into manure, w, Coal-house.
x, Lumber-house for bottles, hampers, etc. y, Knife-house; adjoining which is a privy for the family. z. Wood-house, adjoining which is a privy for the servants.
 
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