Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



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CHAPTER XVIII. -GARDEN-HOUSES. 



The Place of Siimmer-houses in General Scheme — Building in Vernacular Manners — 

 Thatched Roofs — Cob — Use of Old Materials — In Walled Gardens—Shelters 

 and Tool-hoiises. 



THE success of summer-houses and pavilions, considered as elements of garden 

 design, depends as much upon their skilful placing as upon their form and 

 materials. It may be laid down that, in cases where the pavilion is near 

 the main house and related to it by path or pergola, it should have the same 

 architectural treatment. By way of example we may refer to Fig. 296, which 

 shows a design by Mr. H. Inigo Triggs. In this case the pavilion serves as a 

 focus for the other elements of the design. It is connected with the house by a 

 pergola, and its four windows overlook the lawn, the sunk garden, etc. It is proper, 

 therefore, that it should be of the same half-timber construction as the house, to 

 which it stands in a definite relation. It is an outpost where the amenities of the 

 house and its more gentle employments can be enjoyed in a garden atmosphere. From 

 the architectural point of view it is an added value in such a pavilion that 

 it gives dignity and scale to the main building. This is notably the case at 



FIG. 296. —A GARDEN-HOUSE DESIGNED BY MR. INIGO TRIGGS. 



