DOI issue:
Nr. 159 (May 1910)
DOI article:Architectural gardening, 9: with illustrations after designs by C. E. Mallows, F.R.I.B.A., and F. L. Griggs
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0260
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Architectural Gardening—IX.
RCHITECTURAL GARDENING, where the water , garden occupies a position on
—IX. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS tne northern boundary of the site. The actual
AFTER DESIGNS BY C E boundary itself is the wood shown in the back-
MALLOWS F R I B A AND F L ground of the sketch. The position of this wood
' in relation to the house determined that of the
water garden, as the trees, being thickly planted
The Lead Tank and Pergola, illustrated on and of considerable height, formed an excellent
this page, are modified details of a portion of the screen from the north-west wind, and the wood
Pergola and Lily Pond shown on page 25 of the itself a very pleasant adjunct to the garden.
February number of The Studio. Here the The plan of the water garden, as a whole, con-
materials are again old red brick for the piers with sists of a square of 150 feet, containing the
wide joints raked well back, and old ship oak for central area of water and flowers. This is divided
the beams. It will be seen that the idea, as men- into two parts with three broad central paths of
tioned in the last article, is a somewhat unusual flagged stone and square-shaped flower-beds on
one, and may be described as a triple pergola. either side of the centre path. The general design
The grouping of the three parts in this way, with and plan of the garden is an essay in Late Seven-
the centre one of water, could, by the exercise of teenth Century English Architecture, and the prin-
a little care and ingenuity in the planting and ciples of that time have been adopted as a basis
training of the climbers,
be made very attractive
and desirable. It would, W9Kf9S^l^K.m^i^^SK^^^MJiMM^ 'HI!1 l^'^Xii'^JilMMjljJMIiMlflilM
however, be necessary to U"«^i^WWjjya^^gH|BBK 'APTrHKHB
watch the growth very
carefully, in order to
check any tendency to
exclude too much light
and air from the centre
division.
The practical use to
wmich the pool, in a
scheme of this kind, could
be put is the storage of
the overflow from the
roof of the house. Instead
of being collected in the
usual underground tank
the water would be stored
here and used as required
for garden purposes. The
pool being midway be-
tween the flower gardens
and the lawns, it would
readily and economically
serve the purpose of each,
whilst the overflow from
the lead tank, as shown
in the sketch, would add
a point of interest to the
lawn.
The Garden Shelter
and Lily Pond, illustrated
on the opposite page,
form part of a scheme
of a house and garden lead tank and pergola, designed and drawn by c. e. mallows, f.r.i.b.
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Architectural Gardening—IX.
RCHITECTURAL GARDENING, where the water , garden occupies a position on
—IX. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS tne northern boundary of the site. The actual
AFTER DESIGNS BY C E boundary itself is the wood shown in the back-
MALLOWS F R I B A AND F L ground of the sketch. The position of this wood
' in relation to the house determined that of the
water garden, as the trees, being thickly planted
The Lead Tank and Pergola, illustrated on and of considerable height, formed an excellent
this page, are modified details of a portion of the screen from the north-west wind, and the wood
Pergola and Lily Pond shown on page 25 of the itself a very pleasant adjunct to the garden.
February number of The Studio. Here the The plan of the water garden, as a whole, con-
materials are again old red brick for the piers with sists of a square of 150 feet, containing the
wide joints raked well back, and old ship oak for central area of water and flowers. This is divided
the beams. It will be seen that the idea, as men- into two parts with three broad central paths of
tioned in the last article, is a somewhat unusual flagged stone and square-shaped flower-beds on
one, and may be described as a triple pergola. either side of the centre path. The general design
The grouping of the three parts in this way, with and plan of the garden is an essay in Late Seven-
the centre one of water, could, by the exercise of teenth Century English Architecture, and the prin-
a little care and ingenuity in the planting and ciples of that time have been adopted as a basis
training of the climbers,
be made very attractive
and desirable. It would, W9Kf9S^l^K.m^i^^SK^^^MJiMM^ 'HI!1 l^'^Xii'^JilMMjljJMIiMlflilM
however, be necessary to U"«^i^WWjjya^^gH|BBK 'APTrHKHB
watch the growth very
carefully, in order to
check any tendency to
exclude too much light
and air from the centre
division.
The practical use to
wmich the pool, in a
scheme of this kind, could
be put is the storage of
the overflow from the
roof of the house. Instead
of being collected in the
usual underground tank
the water would be stored
here and used as required
for garden purposes. The
pool being midway be-
tween the flower gardens
and the lawns, it would
readily and economically
serve the purpose of each,
whilst the overflow from
the lead tank, as shown
in the sketch, would add
a point of interest to the
lawn.
The Garden Shelter
and Lily Pond, illustrated
on the opposite page,
form part of a scheme
of a house and garden lead tank and pergola, designed and drawn by c. e. mallows, f.r.i.b.
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