Berrydown Court 
green turf laid 
out so as to 
centralize two 
large old oaks, 
one of which 
by reason of 
its position, 
axial to the 
long walk on 
the west side 
of the garden, 
has an impor¬ 
tant function 
in the scheme. 
On the other 
side of the 
lawn, down a 
gentle ter¬ 
raced declivi¬ 
ty five small 
compartments 
of plain turf closed about by clipped yew 
hedges and devoid of anything but their 
own somber and restful green, lead to the 
orchard with its long grass walk and sentinel 
yews and, be¬ 
yond to the 
kitchen gar¬ 
den, not alone 
devoted to the 
useful, neces¬ 
sary vegetable 
but with bor¬ 
ders lined 
with old-fash¬ 
ioned herba¬ 
ceous plants, 
with pinks, 
sweet william, 
poppies and 
larkspur. 
Berrydown 
Court can 
claim to inter¬ 
est us in two 
ways. Look¬ 
ing through its gatehouse one can appre¬ 
ciate its traditional stamp and feel that 
here is a house which carries on in the 
best manner the architectural progression 
THE LONG GRASS WALK 
