. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. lOO Gardens for Small Country Houses. CHAPTER X.—BALUSTRADES AND WALLS. The Design of Balusters—The Imitation of Historical Examples—Walls and Parapets of Open Brickwork—Walls Surmounted by Beams—A Coronal Garden—Serpentine Walls—Building in Concrete. TERRACE balustrading in stone of the sort shown in the picture below is a costly feature of garden architecture, and belongs rather to large schemes than to those which develop round a small house. Beyond illustrating as models this Jacobean example, and a modern apphcation of the same treatment by Mr.
. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. lOO Gardens for Small Country Houses. CHAPTER X.—BALUSTRADES AND WALLS. The Design of Balusters—The Imitation of Historical Examples—Walls and Parapets of Open Brickwork—Walls Surmounted by Beams—A Coronal Garden—Serpentine Walls—Building in Concrete. TERRACE balustrading in stone of the sort shown in the picture below is a costly feature of garden architecture, and belongs rather to large schemes than to those which develop round a small house. Beyond illustrating as models this Jacobean example, and a modern apphcation of the same treatment by Mr. Inigo Thomas at Rotherfield, in Figs. 132 and 133, it will, therefore, be enough to put in a claim for refinement in baluster design. In the terraces of great houses where. FIG. 130.—A JACOBEAN 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, Country Life [etc. ]; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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