House & Garden 
houses built upon the Surrey hills, the week¬ 
end Mecca of the London literary commun¬ 
ity. Mr. Methuen’s house is in a woodland 
clearing upon a gently sloping hillside where 
the house, for convenience of access, has 
been placed at the base of the clearing 
a sloping top parallel to the hill slope. 
Hammered iron gates, designed by Mr. 
Vovsey in a characteristic style enclose the 
several entrances in the walls. 
In the small house at Fernhurst also 
the levels have been made the key of 
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THE ARCHITECT’S ELEVATIONS 
“oakhurst" fernhurst, surrey 
though by no means at the bottom of the 
hill. The garden is in four ascending levels, 
the lowest having the most drop, and the 
two middle terraces being separated by a 
thick and high hedge of cut evergreen, with 
the design, giving the whole great variety 
without loss of dignity. Both these houses 
were represented at the Arts and Crafts 
Exhibition Society’s display in London last 
January. M. B. 
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