Water m the Formal Garden. 



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happy relationship in design between itself and the stairways from the higher ground. 

 No less ingenious is the treatment of the garden on the west side of the house 

 (Figs. 185 and 187, and for plan see Fig. 98). Water here also takes a prominent 

 place. A round basin is set on a square base built of tiles with a stone coping. 

 From the basin rises a fountain with its figure spouting freshness. On each side of 

 this central feature is an oblong \\\y pool, and the whole design is bound together by 

 a broad frame of paving. 



Simple pools, with the water brought up nearly to the groundde\'el, give a pleasant 

 variety to a paved court when it is enclosed bv the wings of a house built on 



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FIG. 191. — SHAPED POOL AT ATHELHAMPTON. 



an H plan. This is well shown in a design by Mr. C. E. Mallows (Fig. i8g). 

 His drawing suggests what is one of the chief charms of pools, however small 

 Since Narcissus first espied his face in a fountain, wise designers of gardens 

 have been mindful of the beauty of reflections. Whether it be a window, as 

 in Mr. Mallows' drawing, or vase, yew and dovecote, as in the parapetted pool 

 at Blythburgh in the garden of Mr. Seymour Lucas, R.A., or the little boy's 

 figure and the garden-house at The Vineyards, Great Baddow (see Figs. 186 and 188), 



