Burlington House, Piccadilly, was practically rebuilt about 1716 from the Earl’s plans. It formed a striking exception to the mixed and commonplace architecture of the period, and aroused the enthusiasm of contemporary writers. Gay writes: “Beauty within, without proportion reigns.” Lord Hervey, however, sneers at its lack of accommodation: “_Possessed of one great hall of state Without a room to sleep or eat._” This mordant wit also satirizes another residence at Chiswick owned by Lord Burlington, which was built about 1730 after the model of the celebrated villa of the worshipped Palladio. According to Hervey’s, “It was too small to live in and too large to hang to a watch.” Burlington designed mansions for others also. One of these, belonging to General Wade, in Cook Street, provoked Walpole to say: “It is worse contrived in the inside than is conceivable, all to humour the beauty in front.” Lord Chesterfield also suggested: “As the general could not live in it to his ease, he had better take a house over against it and look at it.” The discomfort of the interior arrangement of even the most magnificent houses built at the beginning of this period is attested by more than one writer. Pope sneers at Blenheim as follows: “_See, sir, here’s the grand approach, This way is for his Grace’s coach; There lies the bridge, and here’s the clock, Observe the lion and the cock, The spacious court, the colonnade! The chimneys are so well designed, They never smoke in any wind. The gallery’s contrived for walking, The windows to retire and talk in. The council chamber for debate, And all the rest are rooms of state. Thanks, sir, cried I, ’tis very fine, But where d’ye sleep, or where d’ye dine? I find by all you have been telling That ’tis a house but not a dwelling._”