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A swimming pool-enclosure of modern classic style 
A Swimming-Pool for Private Gardens 
By Lawrence Eden 
WIMMING-POOLS, while not usual adjuncts of the 
country estate, have, nevertheless, a real value and 
interest of their own, and are the source of an im- 
mense pleasure and satisfaction to those who possess 
them. They imply 
grounds of some- 
what large extent, 
for they are ob- 
viously only adapted 
to sequestrated por- 
tions of the grounds, 
and, in most cases, 
are closely veiled 
within trees and 
luxuriant growths 
of shrubbery. And 
surely what can be 
else that goes to the making of a country estate, the swim- 
ming-pool may be large or small, inexpensive or costly. A 
mere widening of a brook may be sufficient in some cases, 
and is at once the most natural and the most readily con- 
Siemulc tie dor eal 
swimming - pools. 
W hen tthe estate 
possesses a private 
pumping - plant, 
however, it will be 
found more desir- 
able in many ways 
to construct a basin 
expressly for bath- 
ing purposes, and to 
ain | arrange for an 
tl iy > ample supply of 
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more delightful than 
fresh water and an 
an early morning 
dip and swim in a 
adequate system of 
change. In this 
cleanly kept pool be- 
neath the shade of 
some grand old 
trees and in a spot 
seemingly remote 
from human habita- 
tions, and yet so 
near as to be but a 
short walk out from 
the house? 
It is no wonder 
that such acces- 
sories are high in 
favor with the own- 
ers of large estates, 
nor is it strange 
that the swimming- 
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Se 
way the pool be- 
comes independent 
of the haphazard 
location of brooks 
and streams, and 
can be placed any- 
where on the 
grounds. It is 
comparatively easy, 
then, to select a 
well-wooded spot, 
prepare an excava- 
tion of sufficient 
size, line it with 
concrete, arrange 
the feed and waste 
pipes, and the work 
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pool has come to be 
regarded as, if not 
absolutely essential, 
at least highly desir- 
able. So it has come 
to take its place with 
the tennis-court and 
other places set 
apart for outdoor 
sports, and yields to 
none of them in the 
pleasure it gives. 
is done. 
There must, how- 
ever, be a bath- 
a, ron Ba house that the bath- 
ers may disrobe, and 
the architect’s serv- 
ices are called in for 
the designing of a 
structure that 
will be conveniently 
adapted to these 
ends. It may be a 
Like _ everything Plan for swimming-pool and enclosure rustic pavilion, per- 
