DOI Heft:
No. 39 (June, 1896)
DOI Artikel:The revival of English domestic architecture, [1] The work of Mr. Norman Shaw
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17297#0047
The Revival of English Domestic Architecture
COTTAGES AND SHOPS AT LEIGH, KENT MESSRS. ERNEST GEORGE AND PETO, ARCHITECTS
mind as examples worthy of illustration and detailed
description. But space forbids more than a passing
mention. One house, however, Redroofs, Streat-
ham Common, has peculiar interest, since it is
Mr. Ernest George's home. The view we illus-
trate hardly does justice to the architectural in-
terest of this house, although it proves how readily
each of his buildings makes a picture. A drawing
published in The Architect, June i, 188S, showing
another facade, with the carved gables ending in
pediments of a more pronounced Elizabethan
fashion, as in the four centred arch of the doorway.
The drawing-room of this house, with its timbered
ceiling showing the joists, is a most interesting
apartment. A specially admirable feature is notice-
able in a screen, with a beam running across the
room at about two-thirds of its height. On this
are placed wooden statues. By this screen it is
possible to curtain off a portion of the room, and
so to impart an air of privacy should the occupants
desire it. A corner of a bedroom at Redroofs,
which is illustrated here, must suffice to prove that
the interior of this interesting house is worthy of its
author.
The very dignified Coffee Tavern and Hostelry,
Newark-on-Trent, is one of Mr. George's public
buildings that exhibits a most admirable combina-
tion of utility and beauty. One has but to con-
HOUSE WITH STUDIO, NEAR GUILDFORD
32
MESSRS. ERNEST GEORGE AND PETO, ARCHITECTS
COTTAGES AND SHOPS AT LEIGH, KENT MESSRS. ERNEST GEORGE AND PETO, ARCHITECTS
mind as examples worthy of illustration and detailed
description. But space forbids more than a passing
mention. One house, however, Redroofs, Streat-
ham Common, has peculiar interest, since it is
Mr. Ernest George's home. The view we illus-
trate hardly does justice to the architectural in-
terest of this house, although it proves how readily
each of his buildings makes a picture. A drawing
published in The Architect, June i, 188S, showing
another facade, with the carved gables ending in
pediments of a more pronounced Elizabethan
fashion, as in the four centred arch of the doorway.
The drawing-room of this house, with its timbered
ceiling showing the joists, is a most interesting
apartment. A specially admirable feature is notice-
able in a screen, with a beam running across the
room at about two-thirds of its height. On this
are placed wooden statues. By this screen it is
possible to curtain off a portion of the room, and
so to impart an air of privacy should the occupants
desire it. A corner of a bedroom at Redroofs,
which is illustrated here, must suffice to prove that
the interior of this interesting house is worthy of its
author.
The very dignified Coffee Tavern and Hostelry,
Newark-on-Trent, is one of Mr. George's public
buildings that exhibits a most admirable combina-
tion of utility and beauty. One has but to con-
HOUSE WITH STUDIO, NEAR GUILDFORD
32
MESSRS. ERNEST GEORGE AND PETO, ARCHITECTS