IV 



FROM ENTRANCE 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, 



