" Much of this seems appertaining to
" parade, and therefore I am glad to leave
" it to describe the rest, which is all for
" conveniency.  As first, a covered pas-
" sage from the kitchen without doors;
" and another down to the cellars and
" all the offices within.  Near this, a
" large and lightsome back stairs leads
" up to such an entry above, as secures
" our private bedchambers both from
" noise and cold.  Here we have neces-
" sary dressing rooms, servants rooms,
" and closets, from which are the plea-
" santest views of all the house, with a
" little door for communication betwixt
" this private apartment and the great
" one.

" These stairs, and those of the same
" kind at the other end of the house,
" carry us up to the highest story, fitted
" for the women and children, with

" In mentioning the court at first, I
" forgot the two wings in it, built on
" stone arches which join the house by
" corridores supported by Ionic pillars.
" In one of these wings is a large kit-
" chen thirty feet high, with an open
" cupulo on the top; near it a larder,
" brew-house, and laundry, with rooms
" over them for servants; the upper sort
" of servants are lodged in the other
" wing, which has also two wardrobes
" and a store-room for fruit.  On the
" top of all a leaden cistern holding fifty
" tuns of water, driven up by an engine
" from the Thames, supplies all the
" water-works * in the courts and gar-
" dens, which lie quite round the house;
" through one of which a grass walk
" conducts to the stables, built round a
" court, with six coach houses and forty
" stalls.  I will add but one thing before
" I carry you into the garden, and that
" is about walking too, but 'tis on the
" top of all the house; which being

* Considerable alterations have been made in the
house since this letter was written.  The water-
works in particular no longer exist.