EXAMPLES OF GARDEN DESIGN. 



To the North and North-east of the house we have the kitchen garden, frame A new 

 ground, orchard and paddock. The first of these is shown in illustrations Nos. 295 and country 

 314 ; and here, with the inspiriting help of a sympathetic client, I have tried to materialize seat - 

 all those ideas which have been so strongly insisted on in the Chapter dealing with 

 kitchen gardens, by making it one of the most attractive parts of the domain without in 

 the least impairing its usefulness. The main path of the garden is shown in illustration 

 No. 295, facing the opening to Chapter XV., and strikes the keynote of the design. 

 While nothing is introduced which has not a directly obvious utilitarian purpose, every 

 effort has been made to give each feature interest by the use of suitable material 

 and correct proportion and balancing of parts. Thus the little range of glass-houses 

 against the North wall of the garden is made additionally attractive by the symmetrically- 

 designed gardener's office at one end, and fruit store at the other, the former being clearly 

 seen at the end of the walk in illustration No. 295, and the latter in illustration No. 314. 

 These have been built of a purple-brown brick and oak wood-work, which, while they 

 strike a local note, are just the right colour to form the best possible background to the 

 green foliage and pale pink and white blossom of the fruit trees ; and the same material 

 is seen in the fruit walls, which have a quaint coping of flat and half-round tiles. 



GARDENS TO AN ANCESTRAL DOMAIN. 



Graythwaite Hall, which is situated in one of the valleys which border the Western 

 shores of Windermere, has been the seat of the illustrious and historical family of the 

 Sandys since the middle of the fifteenth century, and even for hundreds of years pre- 

 viously they held estates in West Cumberland which adjoins this part of Lancashire. 

 In fact, the history of the family has practically been bound up with the district from 

 the time of King John to the present day. My client thus brought with him a full 

 sympathy with the traditions of his ancestors ; and has with characteristic energy 

 remodelled the Hall in a style that is expressive of its history, and yet can keep rank 

 with the present, and has had every part <5f the estate equipped in this spirit. 



To realize what has been done, it is necessary to understand the general arrange- 

 ments of the house, stables, and gardens prior to the scheme of improvement being 

 taken in hand. In the first place there was only one entrance to the grounds, which was 

 used for all purposes, the position being near the group of shrubs marked 10 on the plan, 

 a small postern gate, not shown, occupying the position of the old entrance, now serves 

 as a private way to the kitchen garden. Between this entrance and the position where 

 the two drives join, there was a rise, and from this to the main entrance portico a very 

 steep decline. There was no terrace of any kind, but masses of overgrown trees and 

 shrubs surrounded the house on every side. The ground, now converted into a formal 

 garden, and which is about sixteen feet higher than the carriage court, was the site of 

 the old stables ; this high ground came right up to the house. To the North and 

 opposite the recreation room are a row of large limes, whilst to the North-west corner 

 of the house, the ground rises in a mound ascended by a winding walk. 



The ground to the South-west, or from the front of the house, falls in the direction 

 of the little bridge, but, owing to the large number of trees and shrubs, very little of 

 this was seen in fact there was not a single open view in any direction, the Hall being 

 completely shut in. 



The following description, which appeared in the " Gardeners' Chronicle " of Nov. 

 29th, 1896, gives a fair idea of the gardens as altered at that date. 



' The design for these grounds, which are entirely new, is arranged so as to obtain 

 " as much of the picturesque as possible, and at the same time to involve but little 

 " extra labour in maintenance. The site, which is of a very undulating character, lies 

 " on bluestone rock, which makes excavation very expensive. Generally speaking, it 



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