February, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



67 



Crowhurst, ' ' Manchester-by- the-Sea 



By Mary H. Northend 



RANSFORMED from 

 meadow and woodland 

 into one of the most pic- 

 turesque of estates is 

 "Crowhurst," the summer 

 home of Mr. Francis 

 Meredyth Whitehouse, at 

 Manchester-by-the-Sea. The grounds are 

 most extensive, sloping down from the 

 rocky headlands that define the shore, and 

 reaching back to the Kettle Cove Road. 



A road cuts through the grounds, sep- 

 arating the home estate from the stables 

 and farm land. At the right, hidden from 

 view, is the house, which has only recently 

 been finished and occupied by the family. 

 The picturesque stables and cottages, used 

 by the employes as homes, make an artistic 

 spot on the landscape at the left, as one 

 drives along one of the roads that lead 

 from Manchester to Magnolia. Every- 

 thing about the grounds is well managed, 

 with every evidence that they have been 

 treated in a scientific manner carefully 

 thought out. There is no discordant note in 

 the whole estate. The soft-green lawns, 

 stretching to the buildings, the central feature of the farm, are 

 interrupted midway by a pool in which ducks disport them- 

 selves. 



The buildings are of stucco and half timber with unusual 

 combinations in gables and dormers, thoroughly individual 

 in design. They show interesting openings and give telling 

 projections, such as an architect of taste and ability only 



A Glimpse of the Formal Garden and Gateway 



could arrange. They follow the Normandy farm style of 

 architecture, and were planned by Mr. Whitehouse himself. 

 They surround a courtyard, entered by the driveway. As 

 one enters here, flocks of fantails whirl over one's head from 

 a dovecote in the tower. 



1 he property is so large that each department has its dis- 

 tinctive situation. At the rear of the buildings is the farm; 



1 lie House Follows the Normandy I' arm Style of Architecture 



