House and Garden 
PLAN OF THE ESTATE 
to the house. The garden is 12 feet below 
grade at the lake and is laid out in flower and 
shrub beds divided by gravel walks. The 
gravel was specially selected, and is of an 
ivory white tint, with a view to a pleasing 
color contrast with the shrubbery. 
At the sunken gardens, the main drive from 
the entrance in Deal to the house crosses on 
a beautiful brick and terra-cotta bridge about 
125 feet long, built in two spans ol red brick 
laid with wide white mortar joints in project¬ 
ing courses. Evergreen shrubbery is planted 
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