The livable house, its garden . lever schemefor a drive on a small place. It is a combination of turn-aroundand court,—and occupies what under ordinary circumstanceswould be the entire front yard. The space inside the wall is95x61; feet, and the drive is 15 feet wide. A straight servicedrive leads to the garage at the rear of the property, and it isworth noting in connection with this plan that the garage is offcentre with the drive, so that from the street one may not lookstraight down the drive into the yawning doors of the the drive a little, so as to plant out the direct lin
The livable house, its garden . lever schemefor a drive on a small place. It is a combination of turn-aroundand court,—and occupies what under ordinary circumstanceswould be the entire front yard. The space inside the wall is95x61; feet, and the drive is 15 feet wide. A straight servicedrive leads to the garage at the rear of the property, and it isworth noting in connection with this plan that the garage is offcentre with the drive, so that from the street one may not lookstraight down the drive into the yawning doors of the the drive a little, so as to plant out the direct line ofvision, accomplishes the same result, but requires more space thanis available between property line and house, on this plan. The plan and photograph of Mrs. Alexanders place at Ber-nardsville, illustrates much the same sort of entrance arrangementon a larger scale. A turn which takes the form of an ellipse, or some variant ofan ellipse, is more agreeable than the simple, obvious circle. The [II] T h L I V a b I H o u s e. -HOVJE: for iV^ALEXANDER- -BER-N-^^ JER5EY ~ ; COURTYARD-TURN Grounds of Mrs. Alexander, Bernardsville, New and Aldrich, Architects [12] / G a d n
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