The nature of the locker is partly concealed by the rustic work of split twigs that is nailed to the front.
Next fix the lattice work between the finials and under the front plate. The short struts on the front posts are more for effect than for any real support.
The roof is boarded on the inside, the work being carried on the rafters as far as the collar ties, and continued flat on these. Moulding is fixed in the angles formed between the rafters and ties, and a cornice is fixed at the plates. The heels of the rafters and plates are also boarded around, as shown in [Fig. 169].
The roof may be covered with thatch of wheat, straw, reeds, broom, or heather, and the whole of the woodwork visible should be varnished.
The summer-house illustrated by [Fig. 172] is suited to a garden of moderate size, one in which space is not so restricted as to necessitate crowding the building close against a wall. This octagonal summer-house has a continuous seat some 15 ft. long. From side to side each way it measures 10 ft. [Fig. 172] is an elevation of the front of the house.
Fig. 173.