. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. 46 Gardens for Small Country Houses. CHAPTER VI.—HIGHMOUNT, GUILDFORD. Site and Views—Excavation of Chalk—Rose Garden—Planted Walls—Garden-houses— Colour Schemes—Framing the Views. HIGHMOUNT is one of the new houses standing on the chalk ridge that rises immediately to the south-east of the town of Guildford. The ridge seems to stand clear up into the sky, open to all the winds of heaven. The views, embracing some of the finest points in West Surrey, are extremely extensive, and, with the exception of one short section, are panoramic for m
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. 46 Gardens for Small Country Houses. CHAPTER VI.—HIGHMOUNT, GUILDFORD. Site and Views—Excavation of Chalk—Rose Garden—Planted Walls—Garden-houses— Colour Schemes—Framing the Views. HIGHMOUNT is one of the new houses standing on the chalk ridge that rises immediately to the south-east of the town of Guildford. The ridge seems to stand clear up into the sky, open to all the winds of heaven. The views, embracing some of the finest points in West Surrey, are extremely extensive, and, with the exception of one short section, are panoramic for more than three-fifths of the horizon's circle. Eastward is St. Martha's Hill, church-crowned ; the horizon is then cut by the bold promontory of the Chantry Woods on a spur of sandy hill. The view then opens to its full extent, passing over the southern portion of Surrey, then over the whole width of the wooded Weald of Sussex, to the dim, far line of the South Downs. A little way to the west are the fine outlines of Blackdown and Hindhead,. FIG. 55.—CIRCULAR TANK AND STEPS AT WEST END OF ROSE GARDEN. POINT OF VIEW "A' GENERAL PLAN (FIG. 56) ON. 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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