ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



The sym- 

 metrical ar- 

 rangement. 



A garden- 

 house. 



grounds, while permitting them to appear to the great- 

 est advantage from the house. To assist in this 

 arrangement both the house and main gardens were 

 placed on the same axis. 



Each part of the garden was laid out symmetrically 

 with knots of choice flowers, bordered with box, grass- 

 plots, fountains, and statues. Several wooden pavilions 



varying in size were placed 

 at the ends of the paths. 

 Usually their roofs were 

 covered with blue slate, and 

 their floors paved with 

 stone, brick, or tiles. 



Next the mansion came 

 a broad gravel walk, 170 

 yards long and 25 feet wide, 

 running from east to west. 

 At one end of this walk 

 stood a " Garden- House, 

 part of boards part of rails, covered with blue slate, and 

 ridged and guttered with lead, paved with square stone, 

 having one door going into the end alley, leading into 

 the said upper level, and one other door opening into 

 the Hartichoke Garden." Two similar "garden, sum- 

 mer, or shadow houses " were placed, one on the north 

 side of the gravel alley, the other in the middle of the 

 east wall. 



SIDE DOOR TO A GARDEN 



