Text Appearing Before Image: 45.—Stone Sundiai with Lead Inlay. by a balustraded wall, makes a retreat rich in architecturalfancy, and beyond it is a walk where pergola and pools makeup an enchanting picture (Fig. 44). The garden is full ofgracious furnishings like the sundial seen in Fig. 45. Fromwhatever point of view the building is seen, the tallchimneys of moulded brick group in romantic fashionwith bold bays, broad overhanging eaves and greatstretches of mullioned windows. Marshcourt 67 The planning of the house owes nothing to Tudor models,but is frankly modern. Entering through the porch thevisitor finds a long vestibule, at the right-hand end of whichis the main staircase. To the left are openings to the.big hall(Fig. 46). The staircase is an echo of Elizabethan influences,built massively of oak with simple detail in baluster andpanel (Fig. 47). In the hall there is a burst of richnesssuch as we associate with late Jacobean work. Marshcourt Text Appearing After Image: 46.—Marshcourt : The Hall and its Screen. 68 Marshcourt dates from a time when Sir Edwin was giving a more closeattention to details of craftsmanship than is demanded byhis later work in a more austere manner. The ,rich, perhapsit is fair to say heavy, plaster-work of the hall ceiling (Fig.46) shows a vigorous sense not only of decorative values,but of the contrasting play of various textures. Grey Walls is a small, albeit dignified, holiday home
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