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FIG. 314. A TRELLIS GARDEN SHELTER. 



Fig. 3i6A shows 

 an old example at 

 Kinross House, 

 designed by Sir 

 William Bruce. 



Another 

 attractive little 

 garden house 

 is at Staplefield 

 Grange, Sussex, 

 the home of Mr. 

 Percy Macquoid 



(Fig. 3i3)- It 

 dates from the 

 time of Robert 

 Adam, and was 

 built as an ad- 

 junct to a late 

 eighteenth cen- 

 tury villa at 

 Twickenham. 

 When the house 

 suffered great 

 damage by fire 



not long ago, the remaining materials were sold, and Mr. Macquoid has made 

 very apt use of the prize he secured. Although its design suggests masonry, 

 it is, in fact, built of wood. Seen across a lily pool at the top of a steep flight 

 of steps it gives a charming architectural flavour to a beautiful garden. 



Though this chapter 

 deals chiefly with 

 garden-houses of solid 

 construction, one picture 

 is given of a garden 

 shelter designed by Mr. 

 Basil Oliver on lines 

 which slightly recall 

 Chippendale's trellis 

 manner (Fig. 314), and 

 another of two thatched 

 shelters at Mr. F. E. 

 Smith's cottage, de- 

 signed by Mr. Alan 

 James (Fig. 315). It is 

 as well to bear in mind 

 that the outlying parts 

 of the garden devoted 

 to its purely working 

 hours should not be 

 made unseemly by tool- 



FIG. 315. THATCHED GARDEN SHELTERS AT CHARLTON, OXON. hoUSCS TOOfed with 



