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Gardens /or Small Country Houses. 



FIG. 230. A LITTLE WOODEN BRIDGE. 



appreciation of the character of the site by making 

 the pool accord in its rough simplicity with the 

 attractive, roughly-built cottage which it serves, 

 and with the pump-house, which also appears in 

 the picture. 



On the subject of well-heads a note of warning 

 may be sounded. Where an actual well exists it is 

 very desirable that its head should be made an 



FIG. 232. BATHING POOL AT STONEYWELL COTTAGE. 



FIG. 231. AT KELSALE MANOR. 



attractive thing. 

 The modern example 

 illustrated in Fig. 234 

 has a simple stone 

 wall and coping with 

 a wr ought-iron 

 " overthrow " of neat 

 design. Most people, 

 however, who are set 

 on possessing a well- 

 head look for an old 

 one. There seems no 

 end to the stream of 

 them, old or 

 " antique," which 

 does not necessarily 

 mean the same thing 

 in these days of skilful 

 reproduction . They 

 come, or are said to 

 come, from Italian 

 courtyards and 

 gardens, some com- 

 plete with the old 

 iron arching that 



