International studio (45.1912)

Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture



is of oak, is a copy of one that was taken out of
an old house in Chester. All the sashes are of
steel, and where there are not opening sashes
the glass is glazed direct into the terra-cotta
work ; there is not a wood window in the house.
The first-floor accommodation comprises a billiard-
room, five bedrooms, bathrooms, lavatory, store,
and photographic room. The principal bedroom
communicates with a dressing-room and through
that with a bathroom. The bathrooms and lavatories
have tiled walls, and all fittings are of white
enamelled earthenware. Most of the bedrooms
have fitted wash-basins with hot and cold water
laid on. The floors over the kitchen department are
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concrete fire-proof with wood blocks on top. On
the top story are two large bedrooms and three box-
or store-rooms. The hot-water service is run in
copper pipes, tinned inside and out. The house
is heated throughout by a fresh warm-air apparatus,
and it is estimated that the air of the entire house
is changed about three times an hour; fires are
only used for their cheerful appearance.

The dry-points by Mr. Lee Hankey which were
reproduced in our October issue form part of a
series published by the Walker Art Gallery, nS
New Bond Street, to whom the copyright belongs.