Plate XXIV. Octagonal Lodges and Garden Buildings

Plate XXIV. — The designs shown in Nos. I and II are suitable for the office of a park-keeper or guard-room adjacent to a parade ground, and may be used in duplicate either at the approach to an avenue without a connecting screen or at the junction of two or more roads. No. III is a simple octagonal building based on a Greek model (Fig. 6), suitable for containing water machinery in connection with a system of fountains and cascades: a stone structure on these lines, however, could be arranged advantageously as a central feature of a pavilion in which the balancing wings could be constructed of lighter material and would be kept comparatively low, allowing the central octagon to dominate. Nos. IV and V must be considered primarily as ornamental conventions, designed to embellish pleasure-grounds and to form focal points in a scheme of varied interest. They could be used either for pavilions heading ornamental pools, for shrines enclosing groups of sculpture and for other artificial garden features. All the foregoing types of isolated structure gain considerably from a setting amidst natural scenery, the planting of trees, and the placing of vases and other ornaments adding to their value as decorative features.