Designs for ornamental villas, in ninety-six plates
This is an 1836 London pattern book of ninety-six plates by the architect P. F. Robinson, published by Henry G. Bohn and others for prospective builders and patrons of country houses. The plates show the exteriors of ornamental villas drawn in plain line with light grey wash, rotated sideways on the page, with a title along the right margin. A designer could take from them the compact massing of Regency villas: low hipped roofs, tall sash windows set in regular bays, verandas, and chimney stacks that break the skyline.
