V THE COURTS, TERRACES, WALKS 113 



the garden by a long narrow piece of water, 

 which was probably dug out to form the terrace. 

 The terrace rises some 9 feet above this water, 

 with a retaining wall of masonry and a heavy 

 stone balustrade above it. It is reached from 

 the garden by a flight of seven steps rising over 

 the bridge, with a rather elaborate stone gate- 

 way. The terrace is 289 paces long, and is 

 in two levels. That next the balustrade is 14 

 feet wide and gravelled. Above this is a grass 

 walk, 25 feet wide, with box-hedges, and a ha- 

 ha on the side to the park. Part of the balus- 

 trade has been removed, and now encloses the 

 playground of the Grammar School. 



The terraces hitherto described are such as 

 might be made in ground with a slight fall. 

 Hanging gardens are a form of terrace, but it is 

 best to distinguish the two. The terrace is 

 specifically a walk raised above the adjacent 

 ground, with a certain proportion between the 

 length and width, whereas a hanging garden is 

 in the nature of a raised platform, which may be 

 as broad as it is long, or any other width and 

 any height.^ These hanging gardens were going 

 out of fashion in Worlidge's time, probably 

 because of their great expense in making ; but 

 in certain cases they were rendered necessary by 

 the ground. Camden says of Holdenby House, 



' The distinction can be well seen at Penshurst, where, in front of the 

 house, there is a broad platform of turf raised above the garden level, and 

 the terrace proper runs down one side of the garden. 



