IN7KOD 





terrace, flanking or surrounding the garden, is m\n h 



i- enclosing We- m.iy s, e in tin- noble 



gardi i.s .1- Uatiield ,: ustrations .it much "I the best char 



-I i-.nji- < . HI. I i- i hi- i-itect at Montacute 



admirable also at Bramshill and if we had no example 

 remaining, it would be e.i >njure up the beauty of a 



in.'ssy terrace and an old balustrade, with a peacock there 

 loving to flaunt its glories in tin- sun, from which to overlook a 

 well-arranged parterre, where perhaps a fountain decked the 

 Cent: rsted in the lovely hue "I lead .l.lnrned 



Cene. We may turn then, as at Montaaile, into some 

 beautiful garden-house, and here the garden architect h.is 



! m.inv a triumph. >>> brtler exemplar to the modern 

 worker could be taken th.in those admirable buildi.igs. 

 But. of course, garden architecture is nut confined to ttu- 

 building of summer-houses upon terraces Some may like 

 to have their retiring-place aloft in a tree, like the qi:.:int 

 old summer-house in the lime at I'itchford Hall. The bowling 

 .-h.nise at Meiloid Hall is another excellent example, and 

 the magnificent dovecote or columbarium in the garden at the 

 Nyne, with its mellow 

 brick, giving character 

 leatures. 



and its tiled dome, 

 s I) a d o w e d b v t h e 

 majestic oak, might be 

 an inspiration to many. 

 The garden-houses at 

 Severn tnd and 

 Charlton, Kent, are 

 equally noteworthy. 



Let us, however, 

 return to the terrace, 

 which might form an 

 inexhaustible theme. 

 It s character must 

 depend primarily upon 



tuation. It Jes 

 not always flank a 

 garden. Sometimes, in 

 multiplied form, it 

 constitutes, as ;it 

 Barncluith, the garden 

 itself. It has its variety 

 of character also in its 

 particular forms. It may 

 comprise balustraded 

 walls, or plain or even 

 embattled parapets ; it 

 may be composed wit:i 

 green slopes, or it may 

 take character from its 

 hedges. It is often of 

 stone, but sometimes, 

 as at Packwood, there 

 are fine examph 

 excellent work in brick. 

 It has its flawed w.us. 

 us turf walks, and its 

 gravel paths. The 

 terrace can rarely tail 

 to be associated with 

 tl>e stairway, and here 

 again there is extra- 

 ordinary variety of 

 character. Andrew 

 Reid, whose "Scots 

 d.ird'ner" was pub- 

 lished originally at Edinburgh in 1685, and was the earliest 

 Scottish book on the subject, desired, if it were possible, that a 

 straight pathway should lead down to the centre of the terrace, 

 and there, by a double stairway, give access to the garden 

 below. In some cases the terracing is of very fine architectural 

 character. What better could be wished than the famous 

 terrace shadowed by the limes at Haddon, with its romantic 

 memories of Dorothy Vernon and of her flight with young John 



THE SLNUIAL, l.tlhl.1) MANOR. 



Manners? Admirable again are the tein i ..inbotm- 



r, illustrated m t 1 ul the line <. I mple 



at Chiton Hall, Nottingham. The terr.ii.es at (iroomh: 

 with their stairways and various leatun sm.ly in 



them-eKis. at.d there are e\amt< i s at M. Catherine*! < .ouit, 

 Bath, and Wollaton Ha I. Nottingham, which .ire *! hghtful. 

 The magnificent terra, is at iJrummond C.istle. ..\ .risking 

 the char.uti iistic garden then, have merits that are con- 

 spicuous. We find in som pl.ui-s a st.u .11 of 

 architectural terrace, with m.issue U-.ituns ,,r J.ISSK stone- 

 work, .is .it Mar gam I'.trk. H.ilcarres, Hau-w ..J. .md Linton 

 Paik. At the otiier end ot the s .il, an- i,- r! ,. , s \vliich are !) 

 more than green -i.iss s;..|) >, vsith level t"ps, rism- 

 .iN.ve another a kind of moulding of the ground, such .1 



-ir.it Lochinch, having very beautiful ittc. t. These \anous 



examples ot line w-ik in gardening will s,- r \ t - (., sh how 

 really wide is the choice and how many are the opt ortumties 

 nted to th.ise who have realised the beaut\ ol fitness in 

 garden design. 



In mentioning the terrace we .ir<- led n.iturally ! other 



li-.itnres, .nut l.ist 



. 



\.ise and the urn, 

 upon wliuh main .1 

 > lattsinan h is lav ished 

 Ins skill. Now thes,- 

 ait ohjeit% t.iund in 

 n ea r ly all gardens 

 lormed within the List 

 ZOO vi.ns. They are 



ottell of stone. not 



seldom ot marble, an.! 

 in many instances ..j 

 lead, that metal which 

 under the intlueii 

 the at m o sphere 

 assumes a hue so 

 delightful in any garden 

 picture. There are 

 line leaden vases at 

 Chisw H k House, at 

 Iford Manor, Somer- i. 

 and at IVnshurst, to 

 name no more, 

 niticellt examples in 

 stone are at Sion 

 House, at Margam 

 a noble specimen on 

 the orangery terr.ue 

 in the gard-n then- 

 forms the frontispiece 

 f this volume and in 

 many other places. We 

 shall indeed scarcely 

 find in a good garden a 

 terrace or a garden 

 sr.it without (lower 

 vases to adurn it. 

 Note the lovely 

 examples at Hackwood, 

 a Groombridge, and 

 in very many of tin- 

 garden pictures in 

 this book. The 

 sculptor has achieved 

 many excellent things 

 in bringing his skill t . 

 bear upon these garden 

 adornments, and nothing could be fairer or more beautiful 

 than a characteristic vase well filled with a wealth i 

 radiant flowers, or more attractive in virm- situations than 

 a nobly sculptured urn. 



The garden sculptor has also adorned our gardens with 



figures and the gay creations of fancy. He has 



produced many an excellent work in lead, and in old gardens 



it is delightful to encounter some idyllic figure in this material, 



