. Lutyens houses and gardens . y unnecessary, butimpertinent. At Marshcourt, however, the garden settingwhich Sir Edwin devised was essential to success, and theaccompanying pictures show how complete such a successcan be. The building is supported by a series of terraceswith flights of steps connecting and long balustrades bound-ing the various levels. The house is laid out on an H plan(Fig. 39), but with the omission of one arm at the south-west corner. The entrance front looks due north (Fig. 42).Its two deep projecting wings enclose a broad paved fore-court, which is approached by a bridge
. Lutyens houses and gardens . y unnecessary, butimpertinent. At Marshcourt, however, the garden settingwhich Sir Edwin devised was essential to success, and theaccompanying pictures show how complete such a successcan be. The building is supported by a series of terraceswith flights of steps connecting and long balustrades bound-ing the various levels. The house is laid out on an H plan(Fig. 39), but with the omission of one arm at the south-west corner. The entrance front looks due north (Fig. 42).Its two deep projecting wings enclose a broad paved fore-court, which is approached by a bridge crossing a fall in theground. The ground slopes downwards from the west wing, butthere is a rise to the north-west, an accident of levels whichdrove Sir Edwin to devise the charming scheme of stepsand balustrading which appears in Fig. 42. It is, however,on the south side that the architectural treatment of thegarden finds its most notable development. The lily pool,sunk in a setting of steps (Figs. 40 and 43), and surrounded. 43-—In the Pool Garden at Marshcourt. 64 » 1
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