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The terrace 



last that appeals to the cultured architect or to the discrimi- 

 nating client. But, now that the house has been built, the 

 drives and walks laid out, the shrubbery developed, the 

 whole place welded, as it were, into an harmonious unit, it 

 is apparent that no other style would have been so well 

 adapted to this situation, nor, we may well imagine, so 

 admirably fitted to the family life for which the place is 

 intended. 



Both in its design and style, "Harbour Court" disclaims 

 all pretence to be a palace with which so many of the New- 

 port villas are confused in the popular mind. That it is 

 a handsome house, spacious and elegant in all its aspects, 

 within and without, goes without saying: these were but 

 part of the essential requirements under which it was built. 

 But an adherence to this programme does not transform 

 the structure into a palatial mansion in any sense at all, and 

 both architects and owners are to be congratulated in the 

 very successful way in which these matters have been 

 treated, these problems solved, the actual results achieved. 



The elementary programme to be followed in the design 

 of such a house necessarily called for certain large and 

 spacious rooms for general and festal purposes, an ample 

 arrangement of the service rooms, and a generous number 

 of bedrooms and guest rooms. This is the problem pre- 

 sented in all houses of any size. The individuality of the 

 architect gives the individual solution, and the success of his 

 solution is, in large measure, dependent upon the freedom 

 of action his client allows him. Let us assume that the for- 

 mer was abundant, since of the latter every one who is 

 familiar with the work of these architects knows there is a 

 plenty. 



The house is built around two sides of an open court. 



The drawing-room 



