DOI Heft:
No. 185 (August 1912)
DOI Artikel:Architectural gardening, [1]: with illustrations, after designs by C. E. Mallows, F. R. I. B. A.
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20778#0210
A rchitectural Gardening
PERGOLA AT TIRLEY COURT, CHESHIRE, DESIGNED FOR MR. LEESMITH BY
C. E. MALLOWS, F.R.I.B.A. FROM A PENCIL DRAWING BY THE ARCHITECT
Another design for an enclosed garden with
covered walks around it is illustrated by the pencil
drawing opposite. Each of the north and south
walks is covered by a barrel-vault with modelled
plaster ribs and wreaths. These walks have been
made of sufficient width to serve as summer,
breakfast and tea rooms. The space enclosed by
the cloisters is treated as a rose garden, having as
its central feature a square lily pool, the edge of
which is flush with the pavement. The level of
the walks in the centre is four feet below the
level of the garden walks, which are in turn three
feet below the cloister levels. This is a portion of
a scheme for alterations and additions to the
gardens and house at Joyce Grove, Nettlebed,
Oxon, for Mrs. Robert Fleming.
The pencil sketch of the pergola illustrates a
part of the gardens at
Tirley Court, Cheshire,
now being built near Tar-
porley for Mr. Leesmith.
The design for the house
has ' already appeared in
our pages, having been
reproduced in the issue
of November last. The
gardens at Tirley at this
part have been formed
on the side of a hill, and
the pergola itself forms
the western boundary of
the north tennis-court, the
level of which is con-
siderably below that of
the pergola; it also serves
a purpose as a connec-
tion between the terraces
around the house on the
south and east side and
the kitchen-garden on the
north. This latter has a
large semicircular end,
around which a wide walk
has been planned, con-
nected on its western side
with the centre of the
cloister court in the house
plan, and on its eastern
side with the pergola
shown in the sketch. A
hint of this semicircular
termination to the kitchen-
garden is given in the
distance. In this way the
kitchen-garden, which ought always to be one of
the most beautiful parts in any garden scheme, is
connected with the rest.of the design and made a
portion of the pleasure-gardens, instead of being
relegated as a disconnected and unsightly fragment
to some obscure portion of the grounds.
The small house shown on page 188 is, with its
garden, planned for a sloping site with a southern
aspect. There being an unusually fine view on this
side of the site, all the principal rooms, as far as
possible, are placed to the south and west. The two
side wings make a slight angle with the main part of
the house, which has a slightly curved south eleva-
tion. The low stone boundary walls take the same
form in plan as the house. This has the effect of
giving to the garden a somewhat unusual plan, the
interest of which is increased by;the varying levels.
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PERGOLA AT TIRLEY COURT, CHESHIRE, DESIGNED FOR MR. LEESMITH BY
C. E. MALLOWS, F.R.I.B.A. FROM A PENCIL DRAWING BY THE ARCHITECT
Another design for an enclosed garden with
covered walks around it is illustrated by the pencil
drawing opposite. Each of the north and south
walks is covered by a barrel-vault with modelled
plaster ribs and wreaths. These walks have been
made of sufficient width to serve as summer,
breakfast and tea rooms. The space enclosed by
the cloisters is treated as a rose garden, having as
its central feature a square lily pool, the edge of
which is flush with the pavement. The level of
the walks in the centre is four feet below the
level of the garden walks, which are in turn three
feet below the cloister levels. This is a portion of
a scheme for alterations and additions to the
gardens and house at Joyce Grove, Nettlebed,
Oxon, for Mrs. Robert Fleming.
The pencil sketch of the pergola illustrates a
part of the gardens at
Tirley Court, Cheshire,
now being built near Tar-
porley for Mr. Leesmith.
The design for the house
has ' already appeared in
our pages, having been
reproduced in the issue
of November last. The
gardens at Tirley at this
part have been formed
on the side of a hill, and
the pergola itself forms
the western boundary of
the north tennis-court, the
level of which is con-
siderably below that of
the pergola; it also serves
a purpose as a connec-
tion between the terraces
around the house on the
south and east side and
the kitchen-garden on the
north. This latter has a
large semicircular end,
around which a wide walk
has been planned, con-
nected on its western side
with the centre of the
cloister court in the house
plan, and on its eastern
side with the pergola
shown in the sketch. A
hint of this semicircular
termination to the kitchen-
garden is given in the
distance. In this way the
kitchen-garden, which ought always to be one of
the most beautiful parts in any garden scheme, is
connected with the rest.of the design and made a
portion of the pleasure-gardens, instead of being
relegated as a disconnected and unsightly fragment
to some obscure portion of the grounds.
The small house shown on page 188 is, with its
garden, planned for a sloping site with a southern
aspect. There being an unusually fine view on this
side of the site, all the principal rooms, as far as
possible, are placed to the south and west. The two
side wings make a slight angle with the main part of
the house, which has a slightly curved south eleva-
tion. The low stone boundary walls take the same
form in plan as the house. This has the effect of
giving to the garden a somewhat unusual plan, the
interest of which is increased by;the varying levels.
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