DOI issue:
Nr. 221 (July, 1915)
DOI article:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43459#0063
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
PLAN OF EYNSHAM HALL, WITNEY
SIR ERNEST GEORGE AND_.YEATES, ARCHITECTS
the mullioned windows and stone dressings. The
oak, of local growth and of a golden-brown colour,
was used in its natural state.
A glance at the plan of “ Wancom Edge,”
Compton (p. 47), suggests that the architect, Mr.
W. Ernest Emerson, A.R.I.B.A., gave first con-
sideration to the large room projecting into the
walled garden. On one side of this room, which is
panelled in whitewood, is a loggia with steps to the
lily pond. The difficulties of service, due to the
distance between the dining-room and the kitchen,
are more theoretical than real. The house is mostly
new, the old portion being represented on the plan
by the study and lounge. It is heated throughout by
means of radiators and has its own plant for electric
lighting. A garage, a power house, and a lodge
are within easy access. Purple stock bricks from
Guildford were used for the facings to the houses.
“ Old Cleeve,” Lewes, is typical of the houses
built recently in the South Down country from
designs by Mr. Rowland P. Halls. The traditions of
the old Sussex homesteads are well maintained in this
residence, and local materials have been used almost
exclusively. Wood-burnt bricks and tiles were
obtained from a neighbouring brickyard, the occa-
sional grey and black glaze due to wood fuel giving
a pleasing effect. Oak has been used in the window
frames, beams, floors, staircase and panelling, and
for many of the doors. Mr. Halls has enlisted the aid
of a Lewes blacksmith for the lead rainwater heads,
a water tank, several dog grates, and other metal
work, while the local postman carved the staircase
balusters in his spare time. Most of the fireplaces
were built, as the walls rose, with paving bricks,
roofing tiles, and a little Sussex marble and sand-
stone, this work being executed by the foreman,
a working bricklayer. Mr. G. P. Bankart decorated
a corridor and the dining-room, while Mr. George
Ellwood designed some of the furniture.
The south front of “ Old Cleeve ” (p. 43)
shows a view of Lewes Castle. The garden, by
reason of its steep slope, is terraced, the flagstone
walks and flights of steps leading to a cobbled
courtyard with a lily pool, a bastion overlooking the
rose garden, and a clump of beech trees. The
garage and other buildings are adjacent.
The death took place on May n of Mr. Charles
William Dowdeswell, the founder of the well-known
firm of art dealers. Mr. Dowdeswell, who had
reached his eighty-fourth year, was an intimate
friend of Whistler, and soon after he started
business in New Bond Street, three exhibitions of
the celebrated artist’s work were held in his galleries,
where also was held one of the first exhibitions in
London of the works of the French impressionists.
He was also one of the first dealers to bring before
the British public the work of noted artists of the
Modern Dutch school.
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PLAN OF EYNSHAM HALL, WITNEY
SIR ERNEST GEORGE AND_.YEATES, ARCHITECTS
the mullioned windows and stone dressings. The
oak, of local growth and of a golden-brown colour,
was used in its natural state.
A glance at the plan of “ Wancom Edge,”
Compton (p. 47), suggests that the architect, Mr.
W. Ernest Emerson, A.R.I.B.A., gave first con-
sideration to the large room projecting into the
walled garden. On one side of this room, which is
panelled in whitewood, is a loggia with steps to the
lily pond. The difficulties of service, due to the
distance between the dining-room and the kitchen,
are more theoretical than real. The house is mostly
new, the old portion being represented on the plan
by the study and lounge. It is heated throughout by
means of radiators and has its own plant for electric
lighting. A garage, a power house, and a lodge
are within easy access. Purple stock bricks from
Guildford were used for the facings to the houses.
“ Old Cleeve,” Lewes, is typical of the houses
built recently in the South Down country from
designs by Mr. Rowland P. Halls. The traditions of
the old Sussex homesteads are well maintained in this
residence, and local materials have been used almost
exclusively. Wood-burnt bricks and tiles were
obtained from a neighbouring brickyard, the occa-
sional grey and black glaze due to wood fuel giving
a pleasing effect. Oak has been used in the window
frames, beams, floors, staircase and panelling, and
for many of the doors. Mr. Halls has enlisted the aid
of a Lewes blacksmith for the lead rainwater heads,
a water tank, several dog grates, and other metal
work, while the local postman carved the staircase
balusters in his spare time. Most of the fireplaces
were built, as the walls rose, with paving bricks,
roofing tiles, and a little Sussex marble and sand-
stone, this work being executed by the foreman,
a working bricklayer. Mr. G. P. Bankart decorated
a corridor and the dining-room, while Mr. George
Ellwood designed some of the furniture.
The south front of “ Old Cleeve ” (p. 43)
shows a view of Lewes Castle. The garden, by
reason of its steep slope, is terraced, the flagstone
walks and flights of steps leading to a cobbled
courtyard with a lily pool, a bastion overlooking the
rose garden, and a clump of beech trees. The
garage and other buildings are adjacent.
The death took place on May n of Mr. Charles
William Dowdeswell, the founder of the well-known
firm of art dealers. Mr. Dowdeswell, who had
reached his eighty-fourth year, was an intimate
friend of Whistler, and soon after he started
business in New Bond Street, three exhibitions of
the celebrated artist’s work were held in his galleries,
where also was held one of the first exhibitions in
London of the works of the French impressionists.
He was also one of the first dealers to bring before
the British public the work of noted artists of the
Modern Dutch school.
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