Proposed Improvements for Blaise Castle, Henbury, Bristol, England

Entrance lodge proposal for 'Blaize Castle' [Blaise] from Humphry Repton's book 'Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening', published by J Taylor in 1803. Repton writes, 'In determining the sort of entrance proper for Blaize Castle, the name of the place caused some difficulty; the house to which the castle belongs, neither does nor ought to partake of any Gothic character, yet there appeared some incongruity in making the entrance in Grecian style of architecture, to accord with the house, which is no where seen from the road, while the house is a conspicuous feature, and gives a name to the place; I therefore recommended the above design as a proper object to attract notice in the approach, which is one of the most interesting and romantic.'