American estates and gardens . wQ <;o w a: QasO CO <: [247] AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS. The carriage entrance is on thenorth. Here is a great square pergola,a stately arbor with Doric columns andlow rounded archways in the center oftwo sides—the house forming the fourthside—for the driveways, which in thecentral space are bounded by octagonallines enclosing a circle on which standsa sun dial. The pergola is now wellcovered with vines, but it has quitetinusual stateliness of design. Its baseis entirely surrounded with a thick-growing hedge of privet. The entranceporch to the house is sm
American estates and gardens . wQ <;o w a: QasO CO <: [247] AMERICAN ESTATES AND GARDENS. The carriage entrance is on thenorth. Here is a great square pergola,a stately arbor with Doric columns andlow rounded archways in the center oftwo sides—the house forming the fourthside—for the driveways, which in thecentral space are bounded by octagonallines enclosing a circle on which standsa sun dial. The pergola is now wellcovered with vines, but it has quitetinusual stateliness of design. Its baseis entirely surrounded with a thick-growing hedge of privet. The entranceporch to the house is small and low,ASHFORD—GARDEN STEPS. two Doric cokimns stipporting a finely modeled entablature and pediment. Built-in seats on either side are suggestive of pleasanthospitality. The other parts of the front are thoroughly restrained, the windows plainly setin simple frames, so that the severe cornice is the chief relief of the upper wall. There arefour dormers in the pointed roof, the outer ones with two windows, the central pair with severity of this front, therefore, heightens
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