DOI Heft:
No. 42 (September, 1896)
DOI Artikel:The revival of english domestic architecture, [5], the work of Messrs. George and Peto
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17297#0230
The Revival of English Domestic A rchitecture
more intimate study. A house at Ascot (Ernest rooms still haunt one as perfect, whether you cora-
Stoner, Esq.), has the unusual addition—unusual, pare them with old or new work in any country,
that is to say, in modern English houses—of a It is a house which might provoke a Diogenes
chapel. Possibly its oblique position on the plan to envy, and make the most contented person
is due to that strict orientalisation which English covetous.
ritual has adopted almost invariably. Nevertheless North Mymms, in the architect's own drawing,
the whole group lacks the unity and impressive seems a veritable Elizabethan house. Its stately
effect of Mr. George's better known mansions. courtyard, with a central fountain, its formal
A superb house, without and within—Glencot, garden, and a certain unsymmetrical arrangement
RAWDON HOUSE, HODDESDON RESTORED BY MESSRS. E. GEORGE AND PETO
(From a Photograph by Messrs. Bedford Lemere &■ Co.)
Wells—can hardly be described in words. Its
situation on the slope of a hill, with a stream pass-
ing beneath an arch of one of its terraces, has been
most fully developed. The external staircases
(they are too lofty to be considered as flights of
steps from one terrace to the other), the deep
recesses with balconies, the comparatively small
windows, and the curious air of solidity which the
great mass of the whole building possesses in
unusual degree, might fairly entitle it to be a
masterpiece. The interior, as readers of The
Studio know, is no less beautiful; indeed, certain
of its parts, reveal once again Mr. George's
peculiar genius for suggesting a result that has
been evolved, rather than invented. The stables
and outbuildings are as admirable as the main
building, and the whole place a thing to remember.
The Knoll, Barton, a far less palatial house, is
another well-nigh perfect example of picturesque
effect, gained by simple direct use, of features
commonplace enough in themselves. A great
architect takes these words in every-day use, and
makes of them a poem in bricks and mortar—his
imitators copy detail by detail, and yet the result
more intimate study. A house at Ascot (Ernest rooms still haunt one as perfect, whether you cora-
Stoner, Esq.), has the unusual addition—unusual, pare them with old or new work in any country,
that is to say, in modern English houses—of a It is a house which might provoke a Diogenes
chapel. Possibly its oblique position on the plan to envy, and make the most contented person
is due to that strict orientalisation which English covetous.
ritual has adopted almost invariably. Nevertheless North Mymms, in the architect's own drawing,
the whole group lacks the unity and impressive seems a veritable Elizabethan house. Its stately
effect of Mr. George's better known mansions. courtyard, with a central fountain, its formal
A superb house, without and within—Glencot, garden, and a certain unsymmetrical arrangement
RAWDON HOUSE, HODDESDON RESTORED BY MESSRS. E. GEORGE AND PETO
(From a Photograph by Messrs. Bedford Lemere &■ Co.)
Wells—can hardly be described in words. Its
situation on the slope of a hill, with a stream pass-
ing beneath an arch of one of its terraces, has been
most fully developed. The external staircases
(they are too lofty to be considered as flights of
steps from one terrace to the other), the deep
recesses with balconies, the comparatively small
windows, and the curious air of solidity which the
great mass of the whole building possesses in
unusual degree, might fairly entitle it to be a
masterpiece. The interior, as readers of The
Studio know, is no less beautiful; indeed, certain
of its parts, reveal once again Mr. George's
peculiar genius for suggesting a result that has
been evolved, rather than invented. The stables
and outbuildings are as admirable as the main
building, and the whole place a thing to remember.
The Knoll, Barton, a far less palatial house, is
another well-nigh perfect example of picturesque
effect, gained by simple direct use, of features
commonplace enough in themselves. A great
architect takes these words in every-day use, and
makes of them a poem in bricks and mortar—his
imitators copy detail by detail, and yet the result