FENCES, BRIDGES, AND SUMMER-HOUSES 



GENERALLY speaking, the buildings on a country 

 place belong to the domain of architecture, 

 having only the associated interest in the land- 

 scape that grows out of their juxtaposition. There are, 

 however, a class of structures thoroughly architectural 

 in their character, but having such close sympathy with 

 their environment that it is easy to feel that they belong 

 to the landscape in a more intimate way than, for exam- 

 ple, house and stables. These structures exist because 

 they are a distinct development of some special land- 

 scape feature with which they harmonize, and which 

 they complete. 



Fences, bridges, and summer-houses would never come 

 into being if the boundaries, streams, and foot-paths of 

 the country place did not exist ; but the house and sta- 

 bles do not primarily owe their being to any landscape, 

 for man and horse alike must have covering from the 

 weather, though, in place of lawns and groves, there 

 should be stone-paved courtyards. 



Perhaps the most difficult problem to solve of this 

 landscape form of architecture is the management of 

 fence or wall. It is a perfectly simple proposition that 

 fences or walls should exist in some shape, wherever 



