GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



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Fig. 46. 



two Storeys, with windows and fire-place, and 

 fitted up as an occasional sleeping-place as well 

 as for use by day. The commonest forms were 

 octagon or square, with a roof constructed either 

 as a cupola or with two or four 

 gables. Its position varied. It 

 was usually placed at the ends of 

 the raised terrace at the farther 

 end of the garden. The example 

 at Place House, Tenterden, has 

 been already described (chap, v.) ; 

 other instances are shown in many of Logan's 

 views of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. 

 If there was a raised mount, the banqueting- 

 house frequently crowned its top. Markham 

 placed his " curious and artificial banqueting- 

 house " over the ascent from the lower to the 

 upper garden. At Penshurst 

 the garden-house stands to one 

 end of the house terrace, at 

 some distance in front ot the 

 house. Worlidge says it should 

 be placed at an angle of the 

 garden, with windows and doors 

 commanding " every coast, the 

 windows to be glazed with the 

 clearest glass, and to have 

 screens of printed and painted sarcenet for day 

 use, and shutters of thin wainscot for night use." 

 It is evident that the master of the house might 

 occasionally lodge there for a day or two if he 



