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House & Garden 
A COBBLED FORECOURT 
In those ancient and delightful days of horses it 
was not uncommon for the immediate approach 
to the house, or forecourt, as we now know it, to 
be paved with cobbles. With the coming of the 
motor, that excellent custom passed away. But 
there is a charming texture, a chance for the play 
of light and shade, for diverting irregularity in 
the cobblestone drive which the sleekest cement 
cannot have. Consequently it was quite a bril¬ 
liant scheme when the architects of this residence 
in Cleveland bought discarded paving cobble stones 
from the city authorities and used them to 
cover the approach driveway and forecourt of a 
new house. Howell & Thomas were the architects 
