Steps and Stairvnays. 



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Several examples are 

 given which show 

 stairs adequately de- 

 signed in this respect. 

 That illustrated in 

 Fig. 124 is in the 

 garden of a house in 

 North East Lanca- 

 shire, designed by 

 that able artist and 

 attractive person- 

 ahty, the late Dan 

 Gibson, who did so 

 much to revive the 

 type of architecture 

 proper to the Lake 

 District. The rough 

 stone steps accord 

 well with the dry- 

 walling. Attention 

 may also be drawn 

 to the pool set in an embrasure of the wall. x\nother example is in a more regular 

 and finished manner (Fig. 125). It is at a house designed by Mr. Lutyens, and the 

 variety in the steps descending two ways is in charming contrast to the massive 

 bulk of the retaining walls of the terrace. Very often it produces an excellent 



FIG. 124. — ROUGHLY BUILT STAIR FROM TERRACE TO LAWN. 



FIG. 125. — ^TERRACE STEPS BY MR. LUTYENS. 



