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HOUSE & GARDEN 
The house stands at the top of a slight rise with broad lawns stretching about it on all sides. Dense shrubbery planting and tall 
trees in the immediate vicinity of the terrace assure privacy. The construction is plaster over stone; the architecture, modern 
English domestic based on Tudor precedents with a strong Italian feeling incorporated 
From a decorative standpoint the music room is an unusual but 
successful combination of periods. The furnishings are mainly Adam 
and the room is a mixture of Adam and Italian Renaissance 
“BROOKFIELD” 
Meritorious For Its Architecture, Its 
Furnishings and Its Garden Setting 
WILSON EYRE & McILVAINE, architects 
The east terrace is paved with slabs of native stone. In the middle 
is a marble basin surrounded by a design in vari-colored tiles. 
Striped awnings and box trees lend intimacy 
