. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Garden-houses. 21 â ] of some definite architectural period, such as Georgian, and only succeeds iri creating the idea that its builder is playing at rusticity. When, however, a summer-house is placed in a remote corner of a garden and bears no definite relation to the main house, some latitude is permissible. Nothing could be more attractive than the Devonshire example illustrated in Fig. 305, where a thatched summer-house shelters in the corner of a walled garden. In this case the walls are built of " cob," , of earth ramme
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Garden-houses. 21 â ] of some definite architectural period, such as Georgian, and only succeeds iri creating the idea that its builder is playing at rusticity. When, however, a summer-house is placed in a remote corner of a garden and bears no definite relation to the main house, some latitude is permissible. Nothing could be more attractive than the Devonshire example illustrated in Fig. 305, where a thatched summer-house shelters in the corner of a walled garden. In this case the walls are built of " cob," , of earth rammed. 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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