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THE HOUSE AND ITS EQUIPMENT. 



can be more beautiful, more agreeable, or more practical than this clever adaptation of a useless building 

 into one of the most enticing parts of the house. 



The open-air dining-room at Munstead, though conceived on much simpler lines, has also archi 

 tectural character (Fig. 174). It. stands at right angles to the house and forms the termination of the 

 terrace. In winter it presents the appearance of an orangery and shelters the baytrees and other shrubs in 

 tubs that need protection from hard weather. But when warmth shows signs of advent the great glazed 

 doors and windows (which are made movable) are taken away, and the loggia thus obtained makes an 

 altogether apt and convenient summer refectory. The photograph was taken just before this time, so 

 that, though many of its winter occupants have come forth on to the terrace, the glazing remains. The 

 area is ample for a considerable party, being twenty-eight feet long by fourteen feet wide. There are, 

 besides, recesses for two great marble-topped service tables. The west side of the room has a door on 

 to a small back-yard, just across which is the kitchen. The arrangement permits of easy, if not quite 

 perfect, service. 



The next two pictures show buildings conceived in much humbler spirit. They may be termed sheds 

 rather than loggias, but they serve their intended purpose excellently, and should be noticed by those who 

 wish to have these conveniences without much outlay. That at Mathern (Fig. 175) was a shed opening from a 



farm kitchen, and was 

 with a copper and fitted 

 apparatus for washing 

 dairy and other house 

 hold utensils. \Vhen 

 the house was re 

 arranged some years 

 ago, its position i n 

 what had become a 

 sheltered and flowery 

 part of the garden, 

 and its direct connec 

 tion with a room 

 arranged for dining 

 i n, m a d e it fulfil 

 all the requirements 

 tor open - air meals. 

 T h e c o p p e r and 

 other utilitarian 

 adjuncts were swept 

 away, the walls were 

 rough plastered, an 

 oak post and braces 

 were set up on its 

 open side, and the 

 appearance presented 

 in the illustration was 

 obtained. 



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the house. That was inevitable, for the house 

 6 that did not easily admit of architectural 



additions or modifications even if expense had been no object. As a matter of fact, it was then occupied 

 on lease, and the tenant very naturally wished to gain his end with small expense. The shed was, there 

 fore, placed on the edge of a Dutch garden near to one of the doors of the house from which the kitchen 

 was immediately accessible. The way, from the spot where the meals are cooked to where 

 they are consumed is short and easy, the only inconvenience being that it is across the open and, there 

 fore, damping to the food and its carriers during transit if rain should come on. The shed is open to the 

 south and west towards house and garden, but closed in to the north and east. It is composed of posts 

 supporting a pantile roof and with weather-boards nailed on for the closed portions. It is quite a simple, 

 picturesque garden object, bosomed as it is in rambler roses. It is comfortable and practical as a room, 

 and the outlook from it on to the garden is extremely agreeable. 



Although for tea rather than dinner, the outdoor room at Grey Walls, Gullane, designed by 

 Mr. Lutyens, is a very instructive example. It is approached only from the garden, and being in some sort, 

 therefore, cut off from the house and difficult to serve, would not be convenient for more serious meals than 

 tea. Its planning, however, is full of suggestion The window openings facing north and east are glazed, 



176. AT I.LANWKRX. 



the shed has the fault of being detached from 

 was a great square, dignified Georgian buildin 



