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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



flimsy structure and the prolongation affords more spacious support to the shoots 

 of the gourds (Fig. 259). Often a house and garden are occupied on a short 

 tenancy, such as three years ; in this case such a pergola of short lifetime would 

 form a delightful feature. 



When it is possible to build with solid piers, we see how thoroughly our architects 



and garden designers 



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have assimilated the 

 pergola idea, and the 

 many and various 

 ways in which they 

 are working it out 

 and adapting it for 

 combination with 

 other structures. 

 In the example at St. 

 Clere, Kemsing (Fig. 

 260), designed by Mr. 

 Godfrey Pinkerton, 

 it covers a wide 

 flagged terrace 

 adjoining one side of 

 the racquet court. 

 The piers are built 

 of large, flat paving 

 tiles resting on a 

 stone step, and have 

 stone caps and bases. 

 They carry a heavy, 

 continuous beam; 

 lesser beams, with, 

 one end resting on 

 this, have their other 

 ends treated putlog 

 fashion and built 

 into the house wall. 

 A singularly satis- 

 factory pergola by 

 Mr. Inigo Triggs 

 (Fig. 261) is built of 

 ordinary brick with 

 wide mortar joint, 

 on short plinths of 

 rough local stone, 

 with steps of the 

 same. Oak timbers 

 from an old building form the roof. Chains hang from post to post for the future 

 training of roses as garlands. In a very beautiful open pergola at Marsh Court, 

 designed by Mr. Lutyens (Fig. 263), the piers are built of tiles with wide joints ; 

 they have stone plinths and moulded stone caps, the section being square and 

 concave square alternately. This fine example also shows the value of the soHd, 



FIG. 258. — OF LARCH POLES WITH WELL-SHAPED BRACES. 



