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Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture



there is little or no archi-
tectural ornament about
the house, but it is an
interesting example of
modern cottage architec-
ture; the design is simple
and unaffected, and shows
a feeling for old Surrey
work, although it is not a
mere copy of it. Internally
the fireplace is the prin-
cipal feature in each room.
The ingle in the den is
entirely faced with Enfield
bricks, and has a quaint
and cosy effect.
“Oddynes Holt,” at Hor-
sted Keynes, in Sussex,
also designed by Mr. Lister
Sutcliffe, is a simple and
inexpensive country cottage, containing a fairly
large inner hall (used also as a dining-room), two
sitting-rooms, five bedrooms and the usual offices.

HORSTED KEYNES
G. LISTER SUTCLIFFE, ARCHITECT
The inner hall, shown in our illustration, has for
its principal feature a large ingle nook faced with
local bricks and paved with unglazed red tiles.
The fireplace itself is built of bricks,
and has a simple dog grate and a bright
iron canopy. One peculiarity of the
house is that no mouldings have been
used, the angles of the woodwork being
either chamfered off or slightly rounded.
We give also two views of a Dutch
garden designed by the same architect
for “West Hall,” Byfleet, a house to
which various additions have been made
by him. The garden is sunk about
two feet below the level of the adjacent
ground, and its design presented some
difficulty, as the angles formed by the
surrounding buildings and yew hedges
are all irregular. The principal features
are the three flights of steps, the old
sun-dial, the fountain basin, and the
alcoves for seats. Ham Hill stone was
used for the dressings, but all the
paving is of rough Purbeck marble laid
in irregular pieces. The cut trees and
shrubs of yew and box were imported
from Holland.
Mr. Arnold Mitchell is the architect
of the house at Harrow Weald, shown
in our coloured reproduction of Mr.
J. A. Swan’s drawing. The house stands
high, on a fine open site, the rooms
being planned so that in each case the
fullest advantage is taken of the aspect

HALL AT “ ODDYNES HOLT,:

ENTRANCE FRONT, “SURREY HOLME,” BYFLEET
G. LISTER SUTCLIFFE, ARCHITECT
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