DOI Heft:
Nr. 194 (May 1909)
DOI Artikel:Architectural gardening, [5]: With illustrations after designs by C. E. Mallows, F. R. I. B. A., and F. L. Griggs
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20966#0296
A rchitectural Gardening.—V.
ones who never at heart, whatever they may
pretend to the contrary, lose their natural interest
in such things. The miniature river can have
small craft and the pond or pool small fish in
proportion to it; in the latter case it is surely a
more reasonable and sensible method of keeping
them than in glass cases in stuffy rooms.
An endeavour has been made to illustrate some
of these suggestions for water treatment in the
accompanying illustrations.
The double cottage or bungalow and boat-house
on page 266 illustrates a design made for a site
removed from the main river but connected with it
by a backwater. The building itself is proposed to
be set back from the stream some 30 or 40 feet, the
junction writh it being by the narrow canal shown
in the drawing, just wfide enough to allow two
boats to pass, and no
more. On either side of
this small waterway
flagged paths are pro-
posed, bordered with
wide flower-beds.
In the design of houses
to be placed on the river-
side, or near to it, the
question of the flood level
is an important one. That
it is usually ignored or
forgotten a journey on
the Great Western Rail-
way from London to
Reading, or Oxford, in
winter time will easily
prove. It is no uncom-
mon sight to see some
of these riverside houses
and bungalows with the
gardens submerged on
the occasion of an ordin-
ary winter flood, and the
ground-floor standing twTo
or three feet deep (and
sometimes more) in
water.
Of course the some-
what important primary
question of the selection
of the site comes in here,
but assuming a wise
choice has been made it is
not difficult to fix the nor-
mal flood-mark and take
precautions accordingly.
In the design here illustrated the flood-mark
was assumed at a certain height and the level of
the ground-floor fixed some feet above it. As the
sketch shows, it is approached from the ordinary
water-level on either side by a wide flight of stone
steps, the number of which was determined, of
course, by the two levels ; in this case they are
comparatively few, but it might be necessary under
some circumstances considerably to increase them
The space thus obtained, under the cottage, is
utilised in the centre for the boat-house, with useful
storage places on either side of it.
In this plan accommodation is given for two
separate cottages (or bungalows proper), having
one boat-house in common. A variation of the
same idea and within the same external lines gives
a common living room in the centre of the cottage
GARDEN WALL AND RIVER GATE DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY F. L. GRIGGS
27O
ones who never at heart, whatever they may
pretend to the contrary, lose their natural interest
in such things. The miniature river can have
small craft and the pond or pool small fish in
proportion to it; in the latter case it is surely a
more reasonable and sensible method of keeping
them than in glass cases in stuffy rooms.
An endeavour has been made to illustrate some
of these suggestions for water treatment in the
accompanying illustrations.
The double cottage or bungalow and boat-house
on page 266 illustrates a design made for a site
removed from the main river but connected with it
by a backwater. The building itself is proposed to
be set back from the stream some 30 or 40 feet, the
junction writh it being by the narrow canal shown
in the drawing, just wfide enough to allow two
boats to pass, and no
more. On either side of
this small waterway
flagged paths are pro-
posed, bordered with
wide flower-beds.
In the design of houses
to be placed on the river-
side, or near to it, the
question of the flood level
is an important one. That
it is usually ignored or
forgotten a journey on
the Great Western Rail-
way from London to
Reading, or Oxford, in
winter time will easily
prove. It is no uncom-
mon sight to see some
of these riverside houses
and bungalows with the
gardens submerged on
the occasion of an ordin-
ary winter flood, and the
ground-floor standing twTo
or three feet deep (and
sometimes more) in
water.
Of course the some-
what important primary
question of the selection
of the site comes in here,
but assuming a wise
choice has been made it is
not difficult to fix the nor-
mal flood-mark and take
precautions accordingly.
In the design here illustrated the flood-mark
was assumed at a certain height and the level of
the ground-floor fixed some feet above it. As the
sketch shows, it is approached from the ordinary
water-level on either side by a wide flight of stone
steps, the number of which was determined, of
course, by the two levels ; in this case they are
comparatively few, but it might be necessary under
some circumstances considerably to increase them
The space thus obtained, under the cottage, is
utilised in the centre for the boat-house, with useful
storage places on either side of it.
In this plan accommodation is given for two
separate cottages (or bungalows proper), having
one boat-house in common. A variation of the
same idea and within the same external lines gives
a common living room in the centre of the cottage
GARDEN WALL AND RIVER GATE DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY F. L. GRIGGS
27O