DOI issue:
No. 198 (September, 1908)
DOI article:Architectural gardening, [7]: 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.20967#0318
Architectural Gardening.— VII.
The plan on page 282 shows a scheme of house
and garden where an endeavour has been made to
contrive a series of set pictures from each of the
principal rooms and at the same time to arrange a
serviceable outdoor living-room which should also
form a part of the pergola in the centre of the
flower garden, and in addition is the garden entrance
to the hall, dining- and drawing-rooms. This out-
door living-room is placed in the centre line of the
staircase so that from this a view is obtained
through the loggia and the length of the pergola to
the landscape beyond. On the occasions when the
loggia or garden entrance is used for meals, over-
flow parties could extend to the pergola as far as
necessary, whilst the shade from the pergola would
not in any way obstruct the access of light to the
principal rooms or to the loggia. It will be observed
that the end windows of both the dining- and
drawing-rooms look on to grass glades planned
through the orchards on each side,
whilst a different picture alto-
gether, of flowers and flagged paths,
is given to both rooms through
the windows on the long sides.
In the general conception and
arrangement of a garden scheme
it is often desirable that it
should include provision for some
places of shade in direct connec-
tion with the house and in such a
manner that it is possible to gain
access to the more important parts
of the garden without discomfort
either in summer or in winter.
One of the most effective ways
of accomplishing this end is by
the intelligent placing of loggias
and open-air living rooms as just
described, but another and still
more beautiful and practical
method is by an arrangement of
covered walks in cloistered form.
These can be planned in imme-
diate contact with the house, as
shown opposite in the sketch of
a courtyard garden, where the
connecting walk is indicated to the
left of the sketch, or the cloister
can be treated as an independent
feature in itself, and made to form
a serviceable part in a scheme of
conservatories and glasshouses.
The drawings on pages 283 and
285 show parts of a house and
284
garden supposed (for the purposes of this article) to
be remodelled from a farmhouse and adjacent barn ;
plenty of such opportunities are to be found in the
Eastern counties, the barn and a high enclosing
wall forming backgrounds for two sides of the
quadrangular cloister. In the drawing on page 283
is shown a central bay on which all the inexpen-
sive ornament the house receives is centred, which
is immediately opposite the summer-house (a com-
panion feature in the scheme) shown opposite.
The thatched roof of the barn is brought down
lower to form a covering for the cloister on that
side, and is continued along the wall. The garden
itself is crossed by flagged paths, bordered with
Virginia stock, and at the crossing in the centre is
a sundial. In a garden such as this shade and
shelter and cosiness would be gained at once,
and the pleasure a garden affords could be
enjoyed on more days of the year.
A GARDEN ENTRANCE
DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY F. L. GRIGGS
The plan on page 282 shows a scheme of house
and garden where an endeavour has been made to
contrive a series of set pictures from each of the
principal rooms and at the same time to arrange a
serviceable outdoor living-room which should also
form a part of the pergola in the centre of the
flower garden, and in addition is the garden entrance
to the hall, dining- and drawing-rooms. This out-
door living-room is placed in the centre line of the
staircase so that from this a view is obtained
through the loggia and the length of the pergola to
the landscape beyond. On the occasions when the
loggia or garden entrance is used for meals, over-
flow parties could extend to the pergola as far as
necessary, whilst the shade from the pergola would
not in any way obstruct the access of light to the
principal rooms or to the loggia. It will be observed
that the end windows of both the dining- and
drawing-rooms look on to grass glades planned
through the orchards on each side,
whilst a different picture alto-
gether, of flowers and flagged paths,
is given to both rooms through
the windows on the long sides.
In the general conception and
arrangement of a garden scheme
it is often desirable that it
should include provision for some
places of shade in direct connec-
tion with the house and in such a
manner that it is possible to gain
access to the more important parts
of the garden without discomfort
either in summer or in winter.
One of the most effective ways
of accomplishing this end is by
the intelligent placing of loggias
and open-air living rooms as just
described, but another and still
more beautiful and practical
method is by an arrangement of
covered walks in cloistered form.
These can be planned in imme-
diate contact with the house, as
shown opposite in the sketch of
a courtyard garden, where the
connecting walk is indicated to the
left of the sketch, or the cloister
can be treated as an independent
feature in itself, and made to form
a serviceable part in a scheme of
conservatories and glasshouses.
The drawings on pages 283 and
285 show parts of a house and
284
garden supposed (for the purposes of this article) to
be remodelled from a farmhouse and adjacent barn ;
plenty of such opportunities are to be found in the
Eastern counties, the barn and a high enclosing
wall forming backgrounds for two sides of the
quadrangular cloister. In the drawing on page 283
is shown a central bay on which all the inexpen-
sive ornament the house receives is centred, which
is immediately opposite the summer-house (a com-
panion feature in the scheme) shown opposite.
The thatched roof of the barn is brought down
lower to form a covering for the cloister on that
side, and is continued along the wall. The garden
itself is crossed by flagged paths, bordered with
Virginia stock, and at the crossing in the centre is
a sundial. In a garden such as this shade and
shelter and cosiness would be gained at once,
and the pleasure a garden affords could be
enjoyed on more days of the year.
A GARDEN ENTRANCE
DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY F. L. GRIGGS