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Page 47
... surrounded by so stout and high a wall that it would seem that the builder , the famous Bess of Hardwick , was casting back anxious glances to the times when it was still necessary to have a defensive barricade against the attacks of ...
... surrounded by so stout and high a wall that it would seem that the builder , the famous Bess of Hardwick , was casting back anxious glances to the times when it was still necessary to have a defensive barricade against the attacks of ...
Page 52
... surrounded either by a stout hedge of quicks or preferably by a wall , and set isolated in its park , as is Knole , with little attempt to merge one into the other or to lead the eye from the busy tracery of the topiary work into the ...
... surrounded either by a stout hedge of quicks or preferably by a wall , and set isolated in its park , as is Knole , with little attempt to merge one into the other or to lead the eye from the busy tracery of the topiary work into the ...
Page 52
... surrounded by a moat and had a house court between the wings giving ample space for approach . With the more compact architectural outlines which were usual after the Renaissance the forecourt could adjoin the house , but it was not ...
... surrounded by a moat and had a house court between the wings giving ample space for approach . With the more compact architectural outlines which were usual after the Renaissance the forecourt could adjoin the house , but it was not ...
Contents
THE SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE | 9 |
THE AGE OF SYMMETRY | 31 |
THE RETURN TO NATURE | 69 |
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