with Rustic Porches. 



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swings as free as the balance- 

 wheel of a watch, and with as 

 little friction. 



When there is occasion to 

 carry out or bring in great 

 quantities of grass, litter, &c, 

 by means of a wide two- 

 wheeled grass cart, the door is 

 moved from the centre pivot 

 (a) to the by-pivot (<?), which 

 one person, by laying hold of 

 both handles, can easily ac- 

 complish ; and when this 

 clumsy lugging is over, the 

 door is replaced on the centre 

 pivot, and gives the place an 

 air of seclusion, as if it were 

 for pedestrians only, a private 

 pleasure walk. Seven years 

 ago, I had to get several rustic 

 gates erected, where the walks 

 crossed the lines of hedges 

 that surrounded a kitchen- 

 garden and flower-garden 

 mixed ; and, using every eco- 

 nomy, I found the expense of 

 double-embracing hinges to 

 be very great, to avoid which 

 I tried pivots, and found that 



a moderate- sized ffate COuld Elevation of Ike Door without the Door-frame. 



be hinged with little more than a pound of iron by this means. 



Fig. 133. is a ground plan ; in which a is the centre pivot on 

 which the door turns, and bbbb the four posts which form the 

 porch. 



Fig. 134. is the front elevation of the porch, the door being 

 open; b, the posts; and ccc globular ornaments made of sec- 

 tions of round trees, with iron rods that hold them in their 

 places. 



Fig. 135. is the elevation of the door, without the door-frame, 

 with a view of the stone sill ; a, the centre pivot at the top of the 

 door ; d, the centre pivot in the sill ; e, the by -pivot in the sill ; 

 f, the handles ; g, the locks. 



This door or gate, without the porch, is the wildest-looking 

 thing on earth ; but, with the porch, it looks like a resting-place 

 or rustic seat, when the door is shut. 



Alderley Park, Cheshire, Halloween, 1837. 



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