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KEITON'S LANDSCAPE OAKDENINQ AND AKClllTECTl'ltE. 



iiioiits now remain. Adjcining tliis liuildinjr, nn attempt lias been made to a-Hslmilatc u 

 pinlen to the same character, and the annexed plates (liys. 1 and 2) will l■u^ni^h an exam- 

 ple uf both. 



Fig. 2. GEXEUAL PLAN OF THE GAKDEX, 



ai'j'cni'cJ to the timber cottage of the fifleenth century, erected at Apsley Wood, on tlie roadside from Newport 



ri^gncl to ■\^■ol)U^u. 



" A ct)nimnnication of some curious specimens of timber houses was made to the Society 

 of Antiijuaries, in 1810, which was ordered to be engraved and printed for the Archajologia. 

 But this building docs more than any drawing to exemplify many of the parts which have 

 been thus rescued from the effects of time. 



"To admirers of genuine Gothic forms, the following note may prove acceptable, as 

 showing the authorities for all the details of this cottage (fig. 1).* 



"The hints for this garden (fig. 2) have been suggested by various jiaintings and engrav- 

 ings of the date of King Henry VIII and Elizabeth; and even the selection of flowers has 

 been taken from those represented in the nosegays of old i)ortraits of the same j)eriod, pre- 



"* Xohi by J. A. li. This cottage serves as a specimen of the timber bouses which r)revailed in England from 

 about the year 1450 to 1550; tliat is, from the reign of Henry VI to that of Ilenr)' YIII. As few buildings of this 

 date remain entire, and every year reduces their number, the general plan of this cottage is not copied from any 

 individual specimen, but the parts arc taken from the most perfect fragments of the kind, some of which have since 

 been destroyed. The hint of the lower story, being of stone, is taken from a building near Eltliam Palace, except 

 that the windows are here executed in oak instead of stone. In some buildings, both of brick and of stone, it is not 

 uncommon to see oak windows used, as at Wolterton Manor Iluuse, East Barsham, Norfolk, and at Carhow Priory 

 near Norwich. Stone and brick corbels, supporting beams, may be found at Lynn Eegis and at Ely. The brick- 

 noggin between the timbeis is copied from a timber house in Lynn Itegis, built by Walter Conjs, in the reign of 

 llcnry VI or Edward IV. The hint of the upright timbers being ornamented with small arches (over the center 

 building), was taken from a timber house near Kelvedon, Essex, which has since been destroyed. The gable-board 

 is copied from a house at St. Edmondsbury, and is not uncommon. The form of the pinnacles (of which few speci- 

 mens now remain, being the parts most exposed to the weather,) is taken from some in brick, or stone: the only one 

 I have ever found carved in oak is at Shrewsbury. The square flag is copied from one at llornchurch, Essex. Tlie 

 projecting bow is taken from a window in Norwich, but the tracery of it is not uncommon ; a specimen in oak is slil 

 to be found at Knowle, in Kent. The tracery of Uie lower window is taken from a timber house in Coventrj-; but 

 this, also, is not uncommon. The windows are all taken from an earlier date than the end of the reign of Henry 

 VII t; that is, before they were divided by cross-bars, which did not prevail in wood till the reign of Edward VI, 

 Elizabeth, and the early part of the seventeenth century. The design of the porch is a hint from various specimens 





