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an eye-sore, will, I hope I may venture to say, be an ornament,
to the neighbourhood: not less than the Rotunda at Ranelagh is,
to which it will have a considerable degree of resemblance.
It will be compleatly inclosed by walls, with Guard-Houses on the
outside, occupied by Guards, who by the height of their situation
will be enabled to observe not only what is doing within, but what
is doing without, to a considerable distance: who of course can be
sent to, or even called to, at much greater distance than the situation
of the ground and other objects may in every distance admitt of their
commanding with their eye: and who of course will have orders
to lend their aid at all times, and during the knight time more
especially, to put a stop to any misdemeanour that may be attempted
within the circle of their cognizance, and to apprehend the
authors: I say, during the night time: for the plan of management
requires the walling to be well lighted all round without
as well as within. The Neighbourhood therefore, being watched
and guarded and even in some degree lighted at the expence of
the establishment, will, instead of suffering in point of security,
be greatly benefited. On the other side of each of the two roads
which bounds the premises on the East & to on the West, the land,
I observe, is occupied by Gardeners, whose grounds as such, being
inclosed by wallsng, must at present be in a considerable degree
exposed to depredation. These Grounds would receive an immediate
benifit by the protection afforded them by the Watch-houses.

I take the liberty of inclosing two sketches, which I happen
to have by me: the more finished one gives a general idea
of the plan of the building in its present shape: the rough
one will serve to exhibit the intended proportions according to a
more recent determination, together with a new contrivance for indicating
the hour to the Neighbourhood all round at a greater distance than

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Identifier: | JB/541/424/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1793-08-16	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	424	Info in main headings field
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