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the principal entrance, approached by a drive which 

 crossed the rapid stream on the banks of which the 

 house is built. The drive has since been diverted, 

 and an entrance made on the north side ; the later 

 work is removed, and the quadrangle opened to the 

 sun. By bringing the lawn within this, slightly 

 terracing the banks of the stream, and arranging a 

 path bordered by cut yews between the timbered 

 wings, it has been possible to restore its gardens to 

 the house, with all the serenity and beauty of turf, 

 foliage, and water. 



An equally striking example, but on a much 

 smaller scale, is shown in the plan of Little Lodge, 

 Newick (fig. 9). , The original cottage was a par- 

 allelogram, having a living-room, kitchen, and two 

 storerooms on the ground floor, and three bedrooms 

 above. The entrance was in the flower garden, on 

 the south side, opening into the living-room, while the 

 kitchen garden was on the north, along one side of the 

 drive leading from the road. As it was desired to add 

 another sitting-room on the east side, it was necessary 

 to cut oflF a portion of the two storerooms (now 

 converted into one room) to form a passage, and 

 here was the opportunity to make an entrance on 

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