Grotesque architecture; or, rural amusement / consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for huts, retreats, summer and winter hermitages, terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and natural grottos, cascades, baths, mosques, moresque pavilions, grotesque and rustic seats, green houses, &c. Many of which may be executed with flints, irregular stones, rude branches, and roots of trees. The whole containing twenty-eight new designs, with scales to each. To which is added, an explanation, with the method of executing them.

by William Wrighte

To grace the Building on the Verdant Shore,

There the rough Tuscan, or the Rustic fix,

Or Pebbles, Shells, or calcin’d Matter mix,

The frozen Isicles resembled form,

Or Sea-green Weed your Grotto must adorn.

Art of Architecture, a Poem.

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]GROTESQUE ARCHITECTURE;
OR,
RURAL AMUSEMENT:

CONSISTING OF
PLANS, ELEVATIONS, AND SECTIONS,
FOR
HUTS, RETREATS, SUMMER AND WINTER HERMITAGES,
TERMINARIES,
CHINESE, GOTHIC, AND NATURAL GROTTOS,
CASCADES, BATHS, MOSQUES, MORESQUE PAVILIONS,
GROTESQUE AND RUSTIC SEATS, GREEN-HOUSES, &c.

Many of which may be executed with
Flints, Irregular Stones, Rude Branches, and
Roots of Trees.

THE WHOLE CONTAINING
TWENTY-EIGHT NEW DESIGNS,
WITH SCALES TO EACH.