DOI issue:
Nr. 174 (August, 1911)
DOI article:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43447#0196
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
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II ill
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MARGIN HOUSE, WIMBLEDON COMMON : VIEW FROM ACROSS LAKE
WALKER AND HARWOOD, ARCHITECTS
Recent designs in domes-
tic ARCHITECTURE
When giving recently some illustrations ot
a modern house at Wimbledon, we remarked on
the rural amenities which certain parts of this district
still maintain in spite of the great expansion of
building in the vicinity. The view we now give
of another house in this locality is a further case
in point. Margin House, Wimbledon Common,
designed by Messrs. Walker and Harwood for A. W.
Wills, Esq., the present owner, was planned to take
as much advantage as possible of the exceptional
views obtainable whilst having regard to the points
of the compass at the same time. Essential re-
quirements which further governed the design were
size and clear space in the various rooms, abundance
of light and economy in working. A terrace twelve
feet wide and ninety feet
long, with brick and tile
steps and box hedge, over-
looks the lake to the north¬
west, which is about three
acres in extent, is in the
centre of the grounds and is
the home of several species
of wild-fowl. The lake view
is shared by the library and
the music-room, the latter
also looking on to the
terraced lawns. The house has two bathrooms
and nine bedrooms, exclusive of day and night
nurseries and dressing-rooms, and is heated arti-
ficially throughout. Inside, the hall has a staircase
and panelled dado in light oak. The music-room
and morning-room are separated by folding double
doors nine feet wide which enable the two rooms
to be thrown together making a room forty-five feet
long by eighteen feet wide. The library has
specially designed bookcases, cupboards and
panelling in light oak, with brown stone chimney-
piece and unpolished copper repousse canopy.
Externally the house is built with hollow walls of
dark red brick with grey-purple quoins and sur-
rounds to windows, with a band of ochre-white
plaster above trowel-marked. The cornice is a
plain plaster cove and the roof is of dark tiles.
Stinchcombe is a South Cotswold village lying
GROUND PLAN OF MARGIN HOUSE, WIMBLEDON COMMON
I'-. SaSS !'
,vs
II ill
.1 •-
MARGIN HOUSE, WIMBLEDON COMMON : VIEW FROM ACROSS LAKE
WALKER AND HARWOOD, ARCHITECTS
Recent designs in domes-
tic ARCHITECTURE
When giving recently some illustrations ot
a modern house at Wimbledon, we remarked on
the rural amenities which certain parts of this district
still maintain in spite of the great expansion of
building in the vicinity. The view we now give
of another house in this locality is a further case
in point. Margin House, Wimbledon Common,
designed by Messrs. Walker and Harwood for A. W.
Wills, Esq., the present owner, was planned to take
as much advantage as possible of the exceptional
views obtainable whilst having regard to the points
of the compass at the same time. Essential re-
quirements which further governed the design were
size and clear space in the various rooms, abundance
of light and economy in working. A terrace twelve
feet wide and ninety feet
long, with brick and tile
steps and box hedge, over-
looks the lake to the north¬
west, which is about three
acres in extent, is in the
centre of the grounds and is
the home of several species
of wild-fowl. The lake view
is shared by the library and
the music-room, the latter
also looking on to the
terraced lawns. The house has two bathrooms
and nine bedrooms, exclusive of day and night
nurseries and dressing-rooms, and is heated arti-
ficially throughout. Inside, the hall has a staircase
and panelled dado in light oak. The music-room
and morning-room are separated by folding double
doors nine feet wide which enable the two rooms
to be thrown together making a room forty-five feet
long by eighteen feet wide. The library has
specially designed bookcases, cupboards and
panelling in light oak, with brown stone chimney-
piece and unpolished copper repousse canopy.
Externally the house is built with hollow walls of
dark red brick with grey-purple quoins and sur-
rounds to windows, with a band of ochre-white
plaster above trowel-marked. The cornice is a
plain plaster cove and the roof is of dark tiles.
Stinchcombe is a South Cotswold village lying
GROUND PLAN OF MARGIN HOUSE, WIMBLEDON COMMON