SUMMER-HOUSES, PERGOLAS AND BRIDGES. 



the window seats, should also be supplied for storing tennis nets, bowls and croquet 

 mallets. 



Whenever a stream passes through a garden or park, a bridge of some sort is sure Bridges. 

 to be required. Its 

 character and design 

 will be decided, not 

 only by the size of 

 the stream which it 

 crosses, but also by 

 the relative import- 

 ance of the road or 

 path it carries, the 

 size and extent of the 

 domain, and its posi- 

 tion in relation to the 

 mansion. 



Many materials 

 may be adopted, but 

 whatever the sur- 

 roundings or circum- 

 stances, it will gener- 

 ally be found to be 



FIG. 183. SUMMER-HOUSE WITH LOGGIA. 



much the wisest and 



most economical in the 



end to build in stone or brick, or where wood must be employed, in wrought oak 



strongly and well pinned together. Iron is seldom treated satisfactorily or made to 



FIG. 184. END OF GLADE, LEWISTON MANOR. (See also III. Nos. 155 and 157). 



