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Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture

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the general effect of walls,
roofs, and dressings, &c,
forms a very interesting
colour-scheme, and merges
well into the greys and
greens of the landscape.
The house is thoroughly
Gothic in feeling, and an
attempt has been made to
incorporate some of the
charm and feeling of
English domestic work
grizedale hall, Lancashire: ground plan before its alliance with the

walker, carter & walker, architects Renaissance

The plan explains itself,

RECENT DESIGNS IN DOMES- the principal rooms facing south and west over a
TIC ARCHITECTURE. wide terrace with flights of steps leading to the

garden on the south side. The billiard and busi-
Grizedale Hall, belonging to Mr. ness rooms are purposely arranged separate from
Harold Brocklebank, is one of the largest houses the main living rooms, and have their own ex-
built in the Lake District
in recent years, and stands
on the site of a house
which was pulled down to
make room for the new
building, erected from the
designs of Messrs. Walker,
Carter & Walker, of Win-
dermere. The old house
had no architectural signifi-
cance, save that it stood
on a fine site command-
ing the Grizedale valley,
and was set in a garden
containing many old yews,
oaks, and other trees.
The site lies between the
lakes of Windermere and
Coniston, close to the
quaint old village of
Hawkshead, and the new
house is built of stone
obtained from the Brathay
quarries, some five miles
distant, which is a fine
hard building stone of a
dark blue-grey colour.
The dressings to windows,
gables, &c, are of buff
Prudham free-stone ; the
roofs are covered with
dark grey - green Butter-
mere slates : all down-

gr1zedale hall, lancashire : archway in tower to porte-cochere

pipes are of lead, and walker, carter & walker, architects

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