Godfrey, Walter Hindes, 1881- · [London] B. T. Batsford, ltd · leaf 159
ground itself, and should be roughly jointed andnot rigidly level. They can be curved in plan andmade to assume a number of different shapes, butin all this they should keep an air of simplicity anda restfulness in outline, with low stone wallsand piers to give them balance and substance.The old… … Fig. 36.—Circular Steps, Dalingridge Place. which were as far away from natural beauty as themost conventional of architectural features, andthey were composed of materials which refused tosurrender themselves to the action of wind andweather. As we have said before, the forms shouldbe simple,…
