. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Steps and Stairvfays. 93 piers to mark the break in the retaining wah. This example is chosen from Island, Steep, designed by Messrs. Unsworth and Triggs. A similar treatment is illustrated in Fig. 120, which shows the entrance to a walled garden at Ewelme Down. A terrace stair at the same house, half-round on plan, is also shown in Fig. 122. The plea for the wide treads that make an easy-going stairway only holds good when practical considerations of site and convenience make it possible. Where there is a great break in levels a steep fli
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Steps and Stairvfays. 93 piers to mark the break in the retaining wah. This example is chosen from Island, Steep, designed by Messrs. Unsworth and Triggs. A similar treatment is illustrated in Fig. 120, which shows the entrance to a walled garden at Ewelme Down. A terrace stair at the same house, half-round on plan, is also shown in Fig. 122. The plea for the wide treads that make an easy-going stairway only holds good when practical considerations of site and convenience make it possible. Where there is a great break in levels a steep flight may be inevitable, and Fig. 123 shows how very pleasant it may look. It is rare that an approach road is very greatly higher in level than the ground floor level of the house, but this. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London : Published at the offices of Country Life . .. and by George Newnes . .. ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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