GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



ellipse 38.0 long. There are fine examples at 

 Svvarkestone, in Derbyshire, and Mapperton, 

 in Somersetshire. Besides the cannon-balls, 

 urns of all sorts were placed on the top of 

 the piers, as at Okeover, in Staffordshire, and 

 the great brick piers in Lincoln's Inn Fields, 

 attributed to Inigo Jones ; or obelisks, as at 





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Canons Ashby and Hardwick ; or eagles, as 

 in the Gray's Inn gardens ; or heraldic beasts 

 or devices, as at Montacute and Canons Ashby ; 

 or trophies of arms, as in the gateway at 

 Hampton Court. The piers themselves were 

 varied indefinitely. Those at Groombridge 

 Place have an additional pier on the outer side, 

 with a niche for a seat. At Scalby, near Scar- 

 borough, the piers consist of two small towers, 



