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by a garden wall. 

 The example at 

 St. Gere (Fig. 

 311), designed 

 by Mr. Godfrey 

 Pinkerton, gives 

 a hint as to how 

 such a Httle rest- 

 ing-place may be 

 contrived. A 

 dwarf wall with 

 two columns, side 

 wall and pent- 

 house roof make 

 up an attractive 

 place. The low 

 front wall has an 

 advantage over 

 columns running 

 to the ground- 

 level ; or it helps 

 to temper the cold 

 airs of spring and 

 autumn to the 

 occupant. An architect 

 is an integral part of 



FIG. 315. — A SIMPLE GARDEN SHELTER. 



has his greatest 

 the design of a 



FIG. 316. — A SEEMLY TOOL-HOUSE. 



opportunity when the garden-house 

 broad terrace adjoining the house, 

 but this does not 

 often arise in the 

 case of small 

 garden schemes. 

 Two examples 

 are, however, 

 illustrated. For 

 a house at Chisle- 

 hurst (not small, 

 it must be con- 

 fessed), Mr. 

 Maurice Webb has 

 desigued a t e a- 

 house with an 

 open front. It 

 looks down a 

 long stretch of 

 terrace and com- 

 municates with 

 the lawn below 

 by a stairway 

 flanked by vase- 

 topped piers. The 

 pavilion and the 



