ABSTRACT
The introduction to The Grecian Orders of Architecture by Stephen Riou, the son of a Huguenot merchant in London, contains a thoughtful account of the development of European architecture following the fall of the Roman Empire. First, a house of any degree of magnificence in town, should be situated to have a court-yard before it, and garden behind; though if the situation is in a grand square, or that it enfilades a fine street, or some such like consideration, then the principal part of the building may be upon the street; and the inferior parts, in the wings or backwards. The second general observation is, to place the offices and stables, so as not to be offensive to the apartments. The principal cabinet or drawing room, is a place designed to receive such persons of rank, who come to treat about any affair.
