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design, the playfulness of Jacobean detail being 

 subservient to quiet modelling, while the mouldings 

 and carving were kept broad and even coarse, — to be 

 softened but not obliterated by time. Pyramidal tile 

 or lead roofs (figs. 3 i and 4 i) are generally the best ; 

 but even here there is scope for much fancy, and 

 an oak lantern with a vane forms a pretty terminal. 

 Two enclosed garden houses are shown in figs. 41 

 and 42, the former having a sheltered verandah 

 before it, both being definitely architectural in 

 design. Another type is shown in the two designs 

 for a garden shelter at Ascott, each being arranged 

 as an alcove for a seat at the end of a broad walk. 

 In that in fig. 18 the roof is supported by columns, 

 but in fig. 3 the main structure is a semicircular 

 wall faced with tiles and crowned with a balustrade, 

 shaded by open timbers for climbing roses. 



The close connection between these litde buildings 

 and the garden walls is seen in numerous old ex- 

 amples, where the roofs of the former add a seeming 

 stability to the brick and stonework of the latter, 

 and give to them an additional beauty. The 

 river wall which divided the Thames from the old- 

 time gardens along its northern bank from the 



