A HOUSE AND GARDEN IN SWITZERLAND 



be dried under cover in wet weather. This drying-yard immediately adjoins 

 the washhouse and laundry. Above this one passes the back entrance, and 

 turning the corner of the house reaches the entrance court again. 



It is a garden of many vistas, a garden of mysteries and dramatic effects 

 of light and shade, and within its narrow confines are included apartments 

 for all weathers and all moods. From the rose garden, as shown in the 

 sketch, the house soars above its terraces and steps, and so this aspect of 

 the building is in marked contrast to the view from the upper road from 

 which it appears so low and so snugly ensconced in its surroundings. 



On entering the house one finds oneself in a roomy square low porch 

 from which an inner door opens into the central hall, which one sees beyond 

 the low-ceiled gallery which forms a picturesque approach to the dining- 

 room from the drawing-room. The drawing-room is divided from the hall 

 by folding doors, and these two rooms together afford an ample floor-space. 

 In each the open fireplaces are important features. In the hall the fire is 

 placed under a wide arch of masonry, and in the drawing-room a corner fire- 

 place is arranged with copper hood, wide open hearth, and tiled wall-spaces. 

 The dining-room has a recess which would be used for the less formal meals, 

 and adjoining this and conveniently placed for service are the kitchen pre- 

 mises. The hall is two storeys in height with a gallery and lofty bay-window 

 overlooking the terrace and garden. 



From the deeply recessed doorway adjoining the fireplace of the hall one 

 reaches a garden-room and little upper terrace, from which the lower terraces 

 and garden are reached by a flight of steps. The children's room and study 

 occupy the opposite wing of the house to the kitchen, and both open out to 

 another square verandah. 



Below this main floor-level is another floor which from the garden side 

 becomes on a level with the main terraces. Here, besides the necessary wash- 

 house, laundry, heating-chamber, servants' hall, bathroom and w.c., and the 

 cellars, there is also a billiard room with large ingle fireplace and verandah 

 opening on to the terrace. 



On the bedroom floor are four bedrooms, three dressing - rooms, two 

 bathrooms, and a linen-room over the porch. Two of the bedrooms have 

 wide balconies with flat roofs. 



On the attic floor are four attics and a large studio. 



The walls of the exterior are finished in creamy white with red tiled roof. 



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