Hints on ornamental gardening : consisting of a series of designs for garden buildings, useful and decorative gates, fences, railroads, &c., accompanied by observations on the principles and theory of rural improvement, interspersed with occasional remarks on rural architecture. (1823)
Papworth, John Buonarotti, 1775-1847 · London : R. Ackermann · leaf 52
s, near public roads, are of several de-scriptions, suited to the size and nature of the property, andconstructed according to the object desired, as mere wood palingor park fencing, brick or stone walls upon level ground, orfences or walls raised on banks with a trench outward. A great variety of… … Road This form permits a person within to overlook the road,whilst it wholly excludes the view of the passenger, and avoidsthe offence of a high wall. The rear and side fences of a pro-perty may generally be formed in a way less hostile to landscape,by hedges and ditches with open wood posts and…
Landscape architecture · Architecture, Domestic
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