PROBLEM IV 



A Colonial Fore-court and Garden of a Farmhouse, 

 BY Arthur A. Shurtleff, Landscape Archi- 

 tect, Boston, Mass. 



This property is located at Shrewsbury, near Worcester, Mass. 



The dimensions of the Fore-court are 42 x 65 feet; 



those of the Garden are 34 x 38 feet 



The Fore-court. 



THE house stands in the midst of fields in a 

 small community in Massachusetts, not far 

 from Boston. The walled-in fore-court or door- 

 yard was designed to separate the house grounds 

 from the wide farrn lands on every side. It is 

 an approach or introductory passage from the 

 road to the house door. The drive and roads to 

 the barns are thus separated from the main en- 

 trance to the house. 



It is a well kept level place. The stone walls 

 make a strong dividing line between its smooth 

 lawns and the rougher ground without and are 

 in keeping with the farm surroundings. The 



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