The esplanade and the staircase
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A esplanada sobre que estava assentado o edificio, formava um semi-circulo irregular que teria quando muito setenta braças quadradas: do lado do norte havia uma especie de escada de lagedo feita metade pela natureza, e metade pela arte.
The esplanade on which the building sat formed an irregular semicircle of perhaps seventy square fathoms: on the north side there was a kind of flagstone staircase, made half by nature, half by art.
The house sits on an irregular semicircular esplanade of modest size, approached from the north by a staircase that blends natural rock with human workmanship.
The description of the house continues — the esplanade is modest in size but the staircase is notable for being a collaboration between nature and human craft.
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