SITE OF THE ENTRANCE. 



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order^ the appearance and position of tliese roads should 

 clearly indicate their use. 



Site of the Entrance. — The entrance-gate^ and its 

 necessary appendage^ the lodge^ form the commencement 

 of the approach, and a suitable site for these and an easy 

 access to them require attention. Their position is so 

 often governed by the relative direction of the public 

 roads and by the boundaries of the park, that I deem it 

 necessary to refer particularly to some of the best and 

 worst arrangements regarding them. When the public 

 road joins the park wall at right angles, or nearly so, and 

 then branches off to the right and left along that wall, 

 the ground being level or having a gentle rise towards 

 the park, an entrance-gate placed opposite the junction 

 of the two roads will occupy one of the best and most 

 imposing positions. If the road forms a single rectan- 

 gular bend where it meets the park wall, this spot 

 affords an excellent, though perhaps a secondary position. 

 But when the road and park wall come together at an 

 acute angle, their point of contact is perhaps the worst 

 place that can be selected for an entrance, as it seldom 

 admits of proper arrangements, and should be chosen 

 only when the nature of the ground makes it absolutely 

 necessary. When the first and second positions above 

 mentioned cannot be obtained, we would recommend a 

 plan equal in many respects to the second, viz., the 

 selection of a suitable position for the entrance-gate on 

 the side of the turnpike road, and the placing of the 

 gate in a recess at such a distance from the centre of the 

 road as wiU permit a carriage to be easily driven through 

 it. Such a site will often be found more convenient 

 than one of greater pretensions. In the case of suburban 

 residences there is generally little scope for the selection 



