“Ashford” Belle Haven, Connecticut 
WEST ELEVATION “ASHFORD 
A shford,” belle haven, 
CONNECTICUT. Designed by 
Wilson Eyre, Jr. 
To intrude upon the free lines ot 
nature the regular shape of a house carries 
with it a certain sort of responsibility that 
natural beauty should be kept inviolate. A 
dwelling-house in the midst of wooded land, 
where here and there huge boulders jut 
through the soil, is often a harsh interrup¬ 
tion to a natural scene, for it is no easy mat¬ 
ter to satisfactorily adapt the architecture to 
the surroundings, bor “Ashford, at Belle 
Haven, Connecticut, the site seemed to have 
been made and waiting for the hand of the 
architect. Near the boundary line ol the 
seventy-five acres of property the ground 
rose to a treeless plateau. As they skirted 
the base of this rising ground, the trees, 
which grew thickly elsewhere, were in poor 
condition, as if inviting the architecture to 
replace them. I he house was located where 
nature had thus signified. The drive, enter¬ 
ing from the highway at the west, was led to 
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ASHFORD 
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