EXAMPLES OF GARDEN DESIGN. 



there is very little cross fall, possibly 6 feet in all, this being towards the right of the Classic 

 picture. The garden scheme is not only helped by having a fine house as its centre, Renais- 

 and a fall of ground which lends itself to proportionate terraces, but is also greatly sa nce 

 assisted by the background of stately timber trees, composed of elms, oaks, sycamore, Domain. 

 beech and Scotch firs, which are indicated in outline on the perspective view ; there 

 are also a number of fine trees, including a noble cedar of Lebanon, within the grounds, 

 which have in great measure influenced this plan. 



The arrangement was further influenced by the laundry and the stables shown in 

 the plan (111. No. 414), both of which are erections in the Georgian style of 

 architecture, built with small red bricks, and having the typical prominent wooden 

 cornices and eaves : really effective buildings suitable for incorporation in the general 

 composition. On the East, the drive runs past the laundry, thence through a coppice 

 wood beyond. This laundry is so placed as to form a fitting architectural termination 

 to the long and effective elm avenue, near the right-hand edge of the plan. To the 



FIG. 416. ANCIENT WOODCUT OF FOOTS CRAY PLACE. 



West, the drive leads with a measure of privacy between hedges to the kitchen garden 

 and stables, the roof and cupola of which group happily amidst the trees, and are 

 shown in illustration No. 153 



As already stated, there is some very fine timber on the North side of house and 

 garden extending on the West round by the stables ; this is indicated by the irregular- 

 shaped plantations shown on the plan. 



In the original plan of the house, the carriage court was on the South side, the wide 

 handsome flight of stairs leading up to the entrance hall and the picture gallery being 

 on the North ; this order is now reversed, with great advantage both to house and 

 garden, chiefly because the carriage court level is now the same as that of the entertaining 

 floor, while on the South, the wide stairs or steps give a very fine connecting link with 

 the gardens, which, being on a much lower level, are looked down upon from the picture 

 gallery, which is also used as a grand parlour. Another very great advantage arising out 



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