140 GARDEN-CRAFT. 



at the foot of a hill or rise in the public road, and 

 not part of the way up an ascent, or at the top of it. 



If possible, the house should stand on a platform 

 or terraced eminence, so as to give the appearance of 

 being well above ground ; or it should be on a knoll 

 where a view may be had. The ground-level of the 

 house should be of the right height to command the 

 prospect. Should the architect be so fortunate as to 

 obtain a site for his house where the ground rises 

 steep and abrupt on one side of the house, he will 

 get here a series of terraces, rock-gardens, a fernery, 

 a rose-garden, &c. The ideal site for a house would 

 have fine prospects to the south-east and to the south- 

 west. " The principal approach should be on the 

 north-western face, the offices on the north-eastern 

 side, the stables and kitchen-garden beyond. The 

 pleasure-gardens should be on the south-eastern 

 aspect, with a continuation towards the east ; the 

 south-western face might be open to the park " 

 (Milner). 



If it can be avoided, the house should not be 

 placed where the ground slopes towards it a treat- 

 ment which suggests water draining into it but if 

 this position be for some sufficient reason inevitable, 

 or should it be an old house with this defect that we 

 are called to treat, then a good space should be 

 excavated, at least of the level of the house, with a 

 terrace-wall at the far end, on the original level of 

 the site at that particular point. And as to the rest 

 of the ground, Repton's sound advice is, to plant up 

 the heights so as to increase the effect of shelter and 



