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Bacon's 'Essay on Gardens' # 56

...es during renovation    The terrace was contrived to get a more extended view over the park beyond and the garden within. Terraces were generally wide with stone steps at the ends or in the centre – or both as at Hoar Cross – and were raised above the garden with a brick or stone wall. Everything in the Elizabethan garden was well-proportioned and walks formed the main lines of the garden design. Bacon describes the width of the path as “wide enough for four to walk abreast” and should be “covered with gravel, sand or turf”. Another style of walk was a 'covert walk' in which the trees met in an arch over the path. These were known as 'pleached...