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Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
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Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
Recent designs in domestic
ARCHITECTURE
“ Burdocks,” of which we give an illus-
tration on this page, is a commodious country
house recently built on a beautiful site in the vale
outside Fairford in Gloucestershire, from the
designs of Mr. E. Guy Dawber. The ground is
flat, so that walls have been employed rather
lavishly to furnish the gardens, &c., until they
become grown up. The lodges, stables, and
garage and the entire buildings are new, built of
the local stone quarried in the neighbourhood, and
roofed with stone slates. The white sash windows
and grey walls give a very pleasing effect to a
house that depends entirely on its proportions and
simple lines. The gardens are now being made,
with a water-pool as a central feature on the
south side, and herbaceous
borders and yew hedges in
addition.
The house illustrated
opposite was designed by
Mr. Leslie Mansfield, archi¬
tect, of Bromley, Kent, for
a site situated on the south
slope of a hill, the materials
being red brick with grey
brick dressings, a roof cover
ing of red hand-made tiles,
and for the chimney-tops small black Dutch brick
bedded with wide joints, all external woodwork
being of teak. The chief feature of the interior is
the inner hall, with staving executed in oak with
plaster panels, the same timber being used for the
doors, &c., to the principal rooms on the ground
and first floors. The accommodation provided on
the latter consists of five bed- and two dressing-
rooms, bathroom, &c., with three servants’ bed-
rooms, bathroom, &c., on the second floor.
The pair of cottages at Handsworth, near
Birmingham, illustrated on p. 216, have been
designed by Mr. Burkett J. Emery. The site is
exceptional, commanding as it does a view of the
Victoria Park and lake from the front, and from
the back an uninterrupted view of the open
country, which is well wooded. The accommoda-
tion is seen from the accompanying plans. The
“BURDOCKS,” FAIRFORD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
2 14
E. GUY DAWBER, ARCHITECT
Recent designs in domestic
ARCHITECTURE
“ Burdocks,” of which we give an illus-
tration on this page, is a commodious country
house recently built on a beautiful site in the vale
outside Fairford in Gloucestershire, from the
designs of Mr. E. Guy Dawber. The ground is
flat, so that walls have been employed rather
lavishly to furnish the gardens, &c., until they
become grown up. The lodges, stables, and
garage and the entire buildings are new, built of
the local stone quarried in the neighbourhood, and
roofed with stone slates. The white sash windows
and grey walls give a very pleasing effect to a
house that depends entirely on its proportions and
simple lines. The gardens are now being made,
with a water-pool as a central feature on the
south side, and herbaceous
borders and yew hedges in
addition.
The house illustrated
opposite was designed by
Mr. Leslie Mansfield, archi¬
tect, of Bromley, Kent, for
a site situated on the south
slope of a hill, the materials
being red brick with grey
brick dressings, a roof cover
ing of red hand-made tiles,
and for the chimney-tops small black Dutch brick
bedded with wide joints, all external woodwork
being of teak. The chief feature of the interior is
the inner hall, with staving executed in oak with
plaster panels, the same timber being used for the
doors, &c., to the principal rooms on the ground
and first floors. The accommodation provided on
the latter consists of five bed- and two dressing-
rooms, bathroom, &c., with three servants’ bed-
rooms, bathroom, &c., on the second floor.
The pair of cottages at Handsworth, near
Birmingham, illustrated on p. 216, have been
designed by Mr. Burkett J. Emery. The site is
exceptional, commanding as it does a view of the
Victoria Park and lake from the front, and from
the back an uninterrupted view of the open
country, which is well wooded. The accommoda-
tion is seen from the accompanying plans. The
“BURDOCKS,” FAIRFORD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
2 14
E. GUY DAWBER, ARCHITECT