American estates and gardens . ts plan and arrangement called for unusual treatment, and that these unusual require-ments have been met in a thoroughly happy and delightful way. The house is two storiesin height, with a third story in a mansard roof, lighted, save in the corner pavilions, whichhave larger windows, with oval dormers with curved hoods. It is built of stone and brick,rough cast, the central wall paneled below, with rectangular windows below the large roundarched windows, which form a glazed arcade completely filling the center of the front. Theinterior court has much greater pict
American estates and gardens . ts plan and arrangement called for unusual treatment, and that these unusual require-ments have been met in a thoroughly happy and delightful way. The house is two storiesin height, with a third story in a mansard roof, lighted, save in the corner pavilions, whichhave larger windows, with oval dormers with curved hoods. It is built of stone and brick,rough cast, the central wall paneled below, with rectangular windows below the large roundarched windows, which form a glazed arcade completely filling the center of the front. Theinterior court has much greater picturesque interest, being finished in rough cast and opentimber work, with an open loggia above, which, notwithstanding its lightness of construc-tion, is the dominant feature, and whose drai)ed cvu^tains or awnings give it quite a Southein air. The hall is finished in oak, modest below, and with a staircase under a carved arch thatleads to the upper hall, which is much more elaborately treated with carved doorways, a coved [So]. Copyri^^ht, 1S97, by Frank H. Chilil, Newport. K. I, BELCOURT—BARONIAL HALL, CONTAINING ORGAN LOFT AND COLLECTION OF RARE ARMOR. [81]
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