Rita Boutros
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 23 Jul
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Through the Looking Glass · Coffee Break Collection 026 - It's a Small World - Various · 23 Jul 2026
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Many factors have to be taken into consideration which it is unlikely that the layman will remember.
It is impossible to set them all down, but here are nine points of the law of sight choosing.
Soil.
Questions of health are involved in the choice of clay, chalk or gravel.
People who have gouty or other unpleasant tendencies learn by rude experience that one or other of them is to be avoided.
A site which is poor in topsoil will involve considerable expenditure before a productive garden can be made there.
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If a distant prospect can be secured so much the better.
But a site which at first seems unsatisfactory may yet have considerable possibilities if the architect treats it skillfully.
Some unpleasant outlooks may be avoided by thoughtful disposition of windows, and others masked by walls and by the planting of quick growing hedges and trees.
Altitude popular favor leans markedly today towards building on hilltops, and in the main this seems wise, but people who hate the cold or suffer from weak hearts or insomnia and other troubles derived from overstrung nerves should consider the benefits of milder and less stimulating airs, though it is an artistic rather than a practical point to the
The importance of securing a good skyline should not be overlooked in the case of a hilltop house.
A caveat may be entered against sites where the level of the subsoil water is not far below the ground.
and against all places liable even to a remote risk of flooding.
A modern man should not be misled by the analogy of old houses.
which were often placed with reference to considerations not now operative, of defence, carriage, and water supply.
Protection a place which is swept by north or east winds is an unhappy choice for a house, and the ideal site is certainly that which is protected on these two quarters either by rising ground or trees.
Slope and contour of ground.
A downward slope to the south or southeast is ideal.
If a site slopes upwards to the south, not only is it more likely that it will be unprotected from the north winds, but the devising of a pleasant garden is made more difficult.
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