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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



by the example designed by Mr. W. F. 

 Unsworth and illustrated in Fig. 308. The 

 house is of two storeys, and the upper 

 floor is carried on stout oak posts. The 

 undercroft serves as a store for garden 

 implements, and the room above is 

 reached by an outside staircase on the 

 other side of the wall. Such a little apart- 

 ment makes a quiet retreat for a writer, 

 or an admirable room for a bachelor when 

 the normal sleeping accommodation of 

 the house has reached its elastic hmit. 

 A very important detail in the design of 

 any garden-house, which is to serve as an 

 outdoor room for reading and writing, is 

 the window. It is not enough to rely on 

 the light that comes through the opening 

 of access. One window at least .should 

 be provided, and so placed that the light 

 comes over the left shoulder of the writer. 

 If such a window chances to face south- 

 west or south, a light curtain over it will 

 prevent the sunlight falling directly on 

 book or manuscript. Attractive open 

 summer-houses can often be contrived 

 with little cost of building by taking 

 advantage of an existing corner formed 



FIG. 313.— ASHLAR WOKK. 





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FIG. 314.— ON A TERRACE AT CHISLEHURST. 



