ENTRANCES AND CARRIAGE COURTS. 



LODGES -AT 



MAESRCDDUD 



NEWPORT-MON 



Lodges placed a little distance back from the wing walls are the most pleasing, though 



the many considerations which influence their position make it difficult to lay down a 



general rule. The ground may rise so rapidly from the entrance, as in the case shown in 



illustration No. 24, as to give the lodge 

 a stilted appearance if set back, or it 

 may fall so rapidly as to compel their 

 erection close up to the wing walls, when 

 it is necessary to bring the lodge closer 

 to the road. An example of double lodges 

 demanding a very open treatment is shown 

 in the heading to Chapter VI. These 

 were erected as the entrance to Brook- 

 landville, an old colonial classic residence 

 some twenty miles West of Baltimore, 

 U.S.A. Although the public road was 

 wide enough, the macadamized part was 

 very narrow, and therefore it was 

 desirable to provide stretches of grass 

 outside the gates, and give to the latter 

 added importance by the provision of 

 wrought-iron grilles. Illustration No. 23, 

 shows two lodges designed by Mr. E. P. 

 FIG. 23. Warren for a client in South Wales ; the 



ground floor of that on the right and 



the upper floor plan of that on the left being shown. The drive, as planned by the 



author, is for a considerable distance perfectly straight, and is planted as a broad avenue, 



which when fully grown should make a dignified approach to a fine modern mansion which 



occupies an elevated 



site. In No. 25 



are illustrated a 



pair of workmen's 



cottages as lodges, 



placed at some 



distance from 



Dunchurch Lodge, 



Rugby, and at the 



junction of the drive 



with the Rugby 



road, and designed 



by Gilbert Frazer, 



Esq. Unfortunately, 



the photograph was 



taken before the 



climbers and sur- 

 rounding plantation 



had been given time 



to add their pictur- 

 esque and softening 



touches to the com- 



Double 

 lodges. 



FIG. 24. 



position. There is another lodge of more distinctly architectural pretensions at 

 entrance to the gardens. 



the 



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