Gates and Gateways. 



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FIG. 290.^— AT WITTERSHAM HOUSE. 



was my happy chance 

 to have entrance into a 

 goodly gardene plotte," 

 he unfortunately did not 

 say what manner of gate 

 let him in, but we may 

 imagine it was at the 

 end of a long alley such 

 as the Elizabethans loved. 

 In the planning of 

 gardens the gates of 

 walled enclosures can 

 often be placed on axial 

 lines, so that the full 

 value of a vista may be 

 secured. The gateways 

 illustrated in Fig. 284 

 show this well. 



Walled gardens are 

 especially favourable to 



FIG. 291 — AT GREAT MAYTHAM : MAIN GATE TO WALLED GARDEN. 



