“Ashford,” Belle Haven, Connecticut 
room, on either side of the hall, have a south¬ 
ern exposure and look out upon the lawn. 
The axial arrangement is still further carried 
out on this side of 
the house by The 
Porticos, centering 
with the rooms 
above mentioned. 
These porticos 
have an outlook 
upon the wooded 
slope whence a 
path, coming 
through the trees, 
reaches the terrace 
in front of the 
fountain. From 
one of the porches 
a walk skirts the 
longer side of the 
garden and enters 
it at several places. The house is built ot 
wood and the walls are covered with white 
clapboards nine inches in width. I he 
shutters are painted that peculiar bluish 
color seen on houses along the Riviera. 
Several pots of this paint were brought 
from that shore by 
the owner of “ Ash¬ 
ford.” With all 
the regularity in 
The Plan, the angu¬ 
lar pediments and 
the columns, the 
outlines of the arch¬ 
itecture at “ Ash¬ 
ford ” seem to ht 
into the natural 
surroundings, the 
porches to reach 
out into a vacancy 
left by the rocks 
and trees; the trees 
again to press upon 
the garden walk 
where they rear themselves as a background 
to nature upon a smaller scale interrupted by 
stone walls and white arbors. 
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