WALKS, DRIVES AND ENTRANCES 



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Fig. 25. — Plan showing arrangement of the 



approach where the house sets too far back 



to be reached by a single arc of a circle, 



and a reverse is necessary. — See 



page 33 



a proper turning space for 

 cars with a large wheel 

 base, an entrance (Fig. 28) 

 may be placed on the axis 

 of the house and the drive 

 constructed to a true cir- 

 cle. This is a particularly 

 appropriate arrangement 

 for houses of classic de- 

 sign. 



On narrow highways it 

 is well to set the entrance 

 posts (Fig. 29) well back 

 to afford an easy turn 

 into the property. The 

 piers defining an entrance 

 should always be set at 

 right angles to the road- 

 way and, where the en- 

 trance is at an angle, the 

 fence or enclosing mater- 

 ial, be it hedge or wall, should extend by a graceful curve to the 

 piers. A more pleasing and comfortable approach will be provided 

 by keeping the fence two to four feet back from the pier, and finish- 

 ing against the pier at a right angle, rather than finishing directly 

 to the center of the face of the pier toward the highway. 



The question of width and grade of approaches is of vital im- 

 portance. If the elevation from the highway to the residence be 

 great, the ascent should be as gradual as practicable, crossing the 

 I contours at the greatest possible angle. 



To cross a contour at a right angle 

 gives the steepest grade and is to be 

 avoided. When laying off the drive, 

 set the dividers with twenty-five or 

 fifty feet between the points and run 

 around the contour map along a pos- 

 sible line of ascent, figuring out the 

 maximum of grade desired. A six 

 _..,„,,. , per cent, grade, that is, a rise of six 



Fig. 26.— Plan showing arrangement ^ . 



foi a corner entrance.— See page 33 feet m every One hundred feet of 



