Steps and Stairways. 



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piers to mark the break in the retaining wall. This 

 example is chosen from Island, Steep, designed by 

 Messrs. Unsworth and Triggs. A similar treatment 

 is illustrated in Fig. 120, which shows the entrance 

 to a walled garden at Ewelme Down. A terrace 

 stair at the same house, half-round on plan, is also 

 shown in Fig. 122. The plea for the wide treads 

 that make an easy-going stairway only holds good 

 when practical considerations of site and convenience 

 make it possible. Where there is a great break in 

 levels a steep flight may be inevitable, and Fig. 123 

 shows how very pleasant it may look. It is rare 

 that an approach road is very greatly higher in level 

 than the ground floor level of the house, but this 



FIG. 122. ROUND STAIR ON TERRACE. 



FIG. 121. DETACHED PORCH AND STAIR- 



sometimes happens on a 

 steep hillside. At Sulling- 

 stead, near Hascombe, Mr. 

 Lutyens has contrived an 

 interesting way out of the 

 difficulty. At the upper 

 road level has been built a 

 detached porch with a tiled 

 roof carried on pillars. From 

 this a brick stair winds down 

 to a narrow forecourt, which 

 divides the entrance door 

 from the foot of the porch 

 stairway by no more than a 

 few feet. 



In the contriving of the 

 stairs from house terrace to 

 lawn it is desirable to avoid 

 the common mistake of 

 making them too narrow. 



