H ouse and Garden 
is divided into three compartments, the cen¬ 
tral one formed of pleached yew growths eight 
feet high, pierced and recessed and enclosing 
the old lily pool. On either side are quad¬ 
rangular plots of grass, each divided into four 
portions, which again have borders round a 
central Portugal laurel. In the middle of 
these two plots are large stone vases set 
upon high pedestals. 
Bordering the three compartments and 
dividing them from the tennis lawn is a 
broad gravel terrace with steps leading down 
to the lawn in the center, and at each end is 
a small architectural court enclosed with 
stone walls, the southern one with wood 
seats on two sides trellised over in novel 
fashion. Bay-trees in tubs, honeysuckle and 
passion flower on the trellis and the blue 
Ceanothus dent at us on the wall go to furnish 
this court with color and foliage. At the 
other end of the terrace is a similar court 
with a stone table and seat. I he walls here 
were in June resplendent with the fine yellow 
and dovecote near by and parts 
of the kitchen garden — all of 
which had to a certain extent 
to be considered and worked in 
with the new ; but a glance at 
the plan will show at once how 
naturally the division betwixt 
old and new has come about. 
The respective positions of 
house and church,—as well as of 
the other existing buildings,— 
being rather awkwardly arranged, 
a strictly formal connection be¬ 
tween buildings and garden was 
not at all an easy one to com¬ 
pass, and the resulting effect on 
the plan is a feeling that the 
different units to be dealt with 
—church and house and garden 
— seem rather to be separate 
entities than parts of a whole. 
This is not the case at all in 
reality, for the two buildings are 
continually forming delightful 
points of approach or departure 
from whichever side of the gar¬ 
den they are surveyed. 
The flower garden, which is 
on the western side of the house, 
A SKETCH FOR A PAVILION AT BARROW COURT 
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