THE GARDEN PLAN 37 



usually too small to afford the division of area 

 recommended for larger grounds. 



We shall have a later opportunity for discussing 

 the entrance courtyard in detail ; our concern now 

 is with the main lines of the plan. We will conclude 

 that the entrance is set on the north side of the 

 house, and that we now have to consider the main 

 lines of the gardens proper. 



The feature of first importance is the terrace or 

 platform on which the house itself rests. The 

 architectural character of a building practically 

 demands that it should be raised from a level base, 

 and that its immediate surroundings should have a 

 formality which will harmonise with its own vertical 

 and horizontal lines and set them off to advantage. 

 There is nothing that does this so perfectly as the 

 paved terrace or walk carried along immediately 

 adjacent to the principal garden front. The levels 

 of the ground will determine whether the terrace 

 will be raised from the surrounding garden, or 

 whether it will be merely a paved walk at the same 

 level. Equally suitable in tile or brick, York, 

 Purbeck, or old London paving-stone, it affords 

 an immediate dry walk when one steps out 



