. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. 2o6 Gates and Gateways. oak bars. Though itself modern, it is of earher type than those of wrought iron which have been described. Sometimes for the sake of greater privacy a solid wooden door is desirable, as in the attractive old Tudor example with a postern which is illustrated in Fig. 294. Always satisfactory and with the added merit of being very inexpensive are doors of simple wood trellis, such as Sir Edwin Lutyens has employed at Great Maytham (Fig. 295). Not less important than the gates themselves are their posts. The Packwood House exampl
. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. 2o6 Gates and Gateways. oak bars. Though itself modern, it is of earher type than those of wrought iron which have been described. Sometimes for the sake of greater privacy a solid wooden door is desirable, as in the attractive old Tudor example with a postern which is illustrated in Fig. 294. Always satisfactory and with the added merit of being very inexpensive are doors of simple wood trellis, such as Sir Edwin Lutyens has employed at Great Maytham (Fig. 295). Not less important than the gates themselves are their posts. The Packwood House example (Fig. 288) is built in rusticated brickwork with a simple stepped top, but the eighteenth century was much addicted to ball finials, as at Norton Conyers (Fig. 289), and no better finish can be devised. For smaller gates the treatment shown in Fig. 287 is admirable ; the steps in the wall make the upper part of the opening wide, and give opportunity for an overthrow of more imposing design than the width of the gate itself would allow. It is a happy compromise between a simple narrow gate and one with a pair of side panels running the full height, as at Norton Conyers (Fig. 289). A word on the undue growth of creepers is never out of season. The wanton growth of ivy on the left gatepost in Fig. 288 shows how this noxious weed veils cornice mouldings and destroys architectural proportion and balance. In addition, there is to be remembered the deadly injury done by ivy shoots in penetrating and loosening the joints, until in an evil day it pulls down the fabric which has endured its baleful embrace. Stairways of all kinds are considered in their proper chapter, but reference may be made here to the curved steps, built of brick on edge, which add so greatly to the charm of the gate at Packwood House (Fig. 288).. FIG. 295. —-A TRKLLIS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration an
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