The enlrance", though formal, is inviting 
THE STORY OF “ CONISTON,” A SOUTHERN HOUSE BUILT ALONG CLASSICAL LINES OF SIM¬ 
PLICITY AND PERMANENCE—AND THE GARDEN THAT IS LAID OUT IN THE SAME MANNER 
Julia Lester Dillon 
a gently sloping 
hillside, where ma¬ 
jestic pines and 
stately oaks have 
elbowed each other 
through many de¬ 
cades of fast-pass- 
i n g days, some 
seven years ago 
Coniston was built. 
So perfectly was 
the house planned 
to fit the site and 
so delightfully 
have the plantings been adjusted to the building that, from what¬ 
ever angle one views it, two impressions remain; permanency and 
simplicity. 
Permanency is expressed in the grey stone and stucco that 
know no decay; in the broad lines of the almost flat roof that 
are one with the long lines of low-lying hills bounding the hori¬ 
zon ; in the stately columns that frame the formal entrance; in 
the height and breadth, indicative of broad rooms with high ceil¬ 
ings; in green-house, pergola and play-house; in the grey stucco 
walls, with stone copings that separate the service quarters from 
the gardens, and by which the lines of the distant garage and 
lodge are one with the house itself, thus serving to emphasize 
the unity of the whole. The studied simplicity shows itself in 
the dignity of straight lines; in the unadorned columns which 
An atmosphere of permanency is lent the house by the 
columns framing the doorway 
Gray stucco walls separate the service quarters from the gardens and carry the lines of the house itself to 
those of the garage and lodge 
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