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BEAUTIES OF THE THAMES.

THE MENACE OF UGLY BUILDINGS.

Is the beauty of the Thames Valloy being destroyed? Two re- cont incidents give point to this question, says the Observer. At Twickenham there is indignation at the proposed extension of the Convent School in the grounds of Popo's Villa, which adjoins the river. From Pangbourne and Gor-||| ing comes the news that a local soclety is being formed for the purpose of preserving the beauty of the valley and preventing the spread of such building as will Impair that benuty

These two incldents raise n question of fact and one of pulley and power. Is it true that the beauty of the Thames Valley which in one songe is 'n national. possession is being spoiled or lost? And if it is being material- ly impaired, is it within the power of those to whom it is a precious thing to do anything to stop or to control the process?

It is worth while to consider these questions. As to the first; it must be an everlasting wonder and surprise to the frequenter of the quiet river reaches that Na- ture, on the banks of a river, has such an extraordinary ameliora tive and recuperative power that most of the things that threaten disfigurement do, in the course of time, die down into the general concordance of form, colour, tone, on which so much of the river beauty is dependent. Whatever one may have to any of the wider | atretches of the river valley, the river and its banks remain coir- tinuously and wonderfully benuti- ful The predecessors of the Metropolitan Water Board have been responsible for the things that have in the past marred the beauty of the lower river the re- servoir, walls, banks, chimneys, and pumping houses that still ut terly spoil long stretches of the banku.

Victorian Relics.

The Victorian builders did much harm, as, for instance, in the tall, treat whitebrick and slated houses of the Surbiton front, which will never, if they stand for a thousand years, pass into the general scheme, or the later than Queen Anne style houses in red brick' that mar the north, bank at Staines. But these things are exceptional, and every oarsman and saunterer must have noticed how, as the years go by, buildings that threat- en to strike a note of ugliness be- come first harmless and unnotice able, and then, by the attraction of their gardens, climbers, and overhanging trees, pass them- selves into a part of the river bank beauty. There have been many changes along the banks. Whole long reaches are thick with bunga- loves that thirty years ago were fringed with Willows or deep- buried beneath lush grass, but it is difficult-save at certain excep. tional places--to say that the river is less beautiful now than i was thirty years ago. It is in many places a different beauty, admit- tedly, but the river is still in many ways and for many people the most beautiful things provided by Nature for the refreshment of London.

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the river banks, Close to Sun- settle into its surroundings, al- potent, since Parliament is now bury there is a distressing group. moat at once, though admittedly willing to give to local authorities It is a collection of about a couple these particular examples must be a power to control building, which of dozen bungalows, having all the expensive.

is exactly what is required to curb. possibilities of absorption into the

And so the tale goes on, with this particular evil. Several scheme of things but one, and that here and there the offensive corporations have recently, in

Acts, obtained one spoils everything. Plenty of things, as at Chertsey Mead, where private

such money has been spent on them. two groups, one on the river bank, powers. Bath and Edinburgh They have all the dainty parapher- one net back on the Mead, are as have done .50; Torquay is Under nalia of river attractiveness in discordant as anything can poss-applying for the power. window treatment, flower-boxes, bly be at Laleham, where new the clauses in question, the cor- gaily covered. wicker chairs, and unweatherable red clashes porations may control the eleva flowers, beautiful-even Invishly with the exquisite tones of an an tion, height, design, and material expensive-gardens, creepers, cient red-brick wall and the per- of new buildings, or additions, to trees, topiary work, brighty paint- fection of one modern house as old buildings, and if they consider ed stepa, and gay terraces.

But beautiful as anything on the rivers that these would seriously dis they aro almost one and all dis- and at Staines, surely the most fure the neighbourhood, may re figured by a horrible flat, dinmone greatly vulgarised place on the for the matter to an advisory com- patterned roofing of a vivid pink lower river.

mittee foi a final decision na to that will not weather and that is,

what may be allowed. Here, thiên, and will remain, in spite of all the flowers, trees, and expenditure, an

If these be the typical facts on is a method of control which the the river banks where Nature is Twickenham Council. can deter affront unless and until it has always conspiring to mask ugli- mine to acquire, to get them out

been painted in more suitable tones.

Twickenham Problem.

The fellow you cut dead near- ly always tives.

ness, it is of course much worse of future difficulties. There is another group of about 1vor towns and villages. Some of in certain of the expansions of

The Vice-Cancellor of Reading a score near to, Walton Bridgh these expansions are in good taste. University announced at the Coun- with the aume objectionable roof-There is a little development at cll meeting recently that Mr. Wal ing-roofing that shriekts to

Twickenham which is one of the ter V. Rivers, proprietor of the heaven and, this time with little

mbst beautiful groupings of "Reading Standard," had given or nothing to redeem them in the houses and gardens imaginable. £1,000 for the purpose of strength. in memory of his wife. Moving w way of gardens, creepers, or Others are ns hopelessly bad. ening the University library in re-resolution of thanks, Professor shaven lawns. The gardens will An officer of the Twickenhan spéct of books necessary for re- Stenton, professor of modern hia- no doubt come. Emulation pro- Council is reported to have said search in English history. Mr. tory in the University, said the duces them in time, but nothing that his Council is powerless in Rivers, who is a member of the gift would make it possible to do- can beautify the roofs. Oddly respect of the new building to Court of the University, has been velop for the History School a enough, close by, on a little cliff which exception is being taken.for many years a generous bene library adequate for research in bank, are examples of the right he answer to that is that his factor to charitable and education. Anglo-Saxon and Early Medioval sort of thing, the house that will Council need no longer be mal objects, and his present gift is English history,