IV 



FROM EN7^RANCE TO 

 COURTYARD 



'Entrance Gates and Lodges 



IN choosing the entrance to our grounds, let us 

 seek, the place where the trees are of the 

 finest growth, — where some giant oak or sycamore, 

 or better still some evergreen, ilex, or holly provides 

 a fitting arch of shadow and wall of green. Trees 

 to an entrance are like supporters to a coat of 

 arms ; they give dignity even to a cottage gateway. 

 Wherever possible, let the entrance be recessed, so 

 that the flanking wall or hedge may leave a margin 

 of well-mown turf against the roadside. The 

 entrance is the outward sign and indication of the 

 house within — to the passer-by it represents the 

 whole estate, to the visitor it is the prologue of 

 the play. It should therefore be well considered. 



