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GARDEN CRAFT IN EUROPE 



Banc^eting houses, gaze- 

 bos, and garden houses mean 

 very much the same thing 

 in an old English garden. 

 As we have already seen, the 

 word gazebo^ is of Dutch 

 origin, and signifies particu- 

 larly the type of summer 

 house built at the corner of 

 a terrace, _or angle of a 

 moated garden, whence from 

 its position it could command 

 a widespread view. Such a 

 garden house was frequently 

 used as a waiting-room for 



GARUEiN HOlJSE IN THE MOAT, LONG 

 MELFORD HALL, SUFFOLK. 



THE GARDEN HOUSE AT POKESWELL, DORSET. 



the coach, and this is no doubt the 

 reason why a fireplace was sometimes 

 provided. At the little village of 

 Beckington, in Somerset, there is a 

 small square brick building with stone 

 quoins and a handsome pedimented 

 doorway, with one window overlook- 

 ing the roadway, and others the bowl- 

 ing, green and garden. At Nun Monc- 

 ton near York, there is a gazebo with 

 an ogee-shaped lead roof. It is placed 

 at the end of a walk lined with lead 

 figures and clipped yews. The windows 

 on one side overlook the trim bowling 

 green, and on the other the picturesque 

 windings of the River Ouse. 



In some cases garden houses were 

 used as retreats, but instances are not 

 often to be found. A two-storied 



