ABSTRACT
A champaign open country requires a noble and plain building, which is always best supplied by Doric order, or something analogous to its simplicity. If it had a long extended view, it would be best to range the offices in a line with the building; for at different views it fills the eye with a majestic pleasure. A situation near the sea requires the same, or rather a rusticity and lowness. The vapours of the sea, by its saline qualities, expand themselves some distance, and always are decaying principle; and with the boisterous winds which blow from it, must, consequently, require a power forcible enough to withstand its corrosive quality.
