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example exists at Severn End, erected in 1661 by Judge Lechmere as 

 a place for retirement and quiet contemplation amongst the flowers. 

 Another prominent feature which might have been seen in many of 

 the larger country houses after the time of William III was the 

 orangery. Kip's views show many examples ; the largest were at Windsor and 

 Chatsworth. At Chiswick House the small orangery still remains overlooking 



A SMALL PAVILION AT KINROSS HOUSE. 



a little amphitheatre of grass terraces on which the trees were placed in 

 the summer. At Bredby in Derbyshire the orangery overlooked a semi- 

 circular pool with a series of terraces, and at Swanstead in Sussex it was 

 planned along one side of a grass court, well protected by high walls. 

 In summer time arrangements could be made for placing the trees in a 

 separate orange garden in the park. These orange trees were used only for 

 purposes of decoration, for placing round the margins of pools, on terraces, etc. 

 The bowling green was to be found in every garden of any size. 



