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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



by the example designed by Mr. W. F. Unsworth and illustrated in Fig. 308. The 

 house is of two storeys, and the upper floor is carried on stout oak posts. The 

 undercroft serves as a store for garden implements, and the room above is reached by 

 an outside staircase on the other side of the wall. Such a little apartment makes a 



quiet retreat for a writer, or 

 an admirable room for a 

 bachelor when the normal 

 sleeping accommodation of the 

 house has reached its elastic 

 limit. A very important detail 

 in the design of any garden- 

 house, which is to serve as an 

 outdoor room for reading and 

 writing, is the window. It is 

 not enough to rely on the light 

 that comes through the opening 

 of access. One window at least 

 should be provided, and so 

 placed that the light comes 

 over the left shoulder of the 

 writer. If such a window 

 chances to face south-west or 

 south, a light curtain over it 

 will prevent the sunlight falling 

 directly on book or manuscript. 

 Attractive open summer-houses 

 can often be contrived with 

 little cost of building by 

 taking advantage of an exist- 

 ing corner formed by a garden 

 wall. The example at St. Clere 

 (Fig. 311), designed by Mr. 

 Godfrey Pinkerton, gives a hint 

 as to how such a little resting- 

 place may be contrived. A 

 dwarf wall with two columns, 

 side wall and pent-house roof 

 make up an attractive place. 

 The low front wall has an 

 advantage over columns run- 

 ning to the ground-level ; or 

 it helps to temper the cold airs 

 of spring and autumn to the 

 occupant. An architect has his 

 greatest opportunity when the 

 garden-house is an integral part of the design of a broad terrace adjoining the 

 house, but this does not often arise in the case of small garden schemes. 



In Fig. 316 is illustrated a modern terrace pavilion with a roof of ogee outline 

 which is typically Scottish. It was designed by Sir Rowand Anderson, and groups 

 delightfully with a house designed by William Adam, father of the famous brothers. 



FIG. 313. AT STAPLEFIELD GRANGE. 



