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Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture


OLD CLEEVE, LEWES : GARDEN FRONT
ROWLAND H. HALLS, ARCHITECT
He has never believed in single-handed
practice, and his present partner, Mr.
Alfred B. Yeates, was associated with
him in the new building, illustrated
on page 48. Eynsham Hall, Witney,
Oxfordshire, the country seat of Mr.
James F. Mason, M.P., is built of
Witney stone, with dressings of Paignton
stone, and its general appearance may
be realised from Sir Ernest George’s
water-colour. The house is flat roofed
with pierced parapets and an open out-
side staircase is provided as a safety
exit from the nursery floor. It is
E-shaped both to the north and to
south, while on the south side a terrace
between the wings terminates in open
loggias.
By Messrs. Hart and Waterhouse are
the two houses illustrated on p. 44 and
by the Plate in colours. The house at



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