DOI Heft:
No. 57 (December 1897)
DOI Artikel:Scott, Mackay H. Baillie: A small country house
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18390#0210
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previous article in Thi Studio foi January 18951 houseand the relative position of tin-moms, but it i>
.1 house was described wherein a special point was still further k opt in view in the finishing and furni \h
made of keeping the lull free from the routes oi ing. In the average house the introduction of much
the visitors or servants: and in a large family great furniture becomes almost a necessity in order to
attention would be paid to the planning of the distraet the eye from the bare and uninviting ap
route of the children, and a children's entrance pearance of the rooms, and the chief effort of the
adjoining a playroom, with a lavatory conveniently decorator is concentrated upon an heroic attempt
placed, would he probably appreciated. to cloak their abounding ugliness.
In such a small house as we now illustrate, how- but the artistic house with its well-proportioned
ever, such a complete isolation of routes becomes rooms and simple fitments will be found to need
impossible, but a reference to the plan will show only such furniture as is actually required for use.
how far this question has been found capable of And so all those devotions to the fetish of the
treatment under the circumstances. The serving- furnished, but uninhabitable room, which find their
room isolates the kitchen
from the rest of the house,
the serving-door obviates
the necessity for carrying [. "j Cj f
dishes through the hall, £ * ^vx^»JJ^i_ni^^
while the small servants' A A11\ \
staircase also adds to the /J flr||gK \ •
privacy of the hall. / ,' », . FTk L
The relative position of ,.,,/N J SMj^ y -gg^
the kitchen and servants' t»\£n&j WSB^i U \
rooms also sufficiently pre- jk
vents the passage of sound, -/ p. ^^^B^'"] W.W
tion of the kitchen by a ^w^H~lDLsJU - Ju»^iiL-^^^^"~~~
while the thorough ventila
shaft carried up at the side
of the flue, as well as the view of house from south-easi m h. baillie scott, architect
absence of direct commu-
nication with the family
rooms, will prevent that permeation of the smell of expression in days severely set apart for the polish-
cooking which is often only too noticeable in a ing and dusting of things which merely cumber
small house. the too limited floor space of a small room, all
To pass on to another practical consideration— that cleaning of cabinets, chairs, and knickknacks
the saving of labour it may be pointed out that of all descriptions, becomes unnecessary. The
not only is this helped by the compact form of the useless and trumpery rubbish which one finds in
almost every house is replaced by fur
nishings few and choice. And so we
gain not only freedom from useless fur-
niture, but what is perhaps more im
portant still in a small house—elbow
room. This leads us to the consideration
of this important subject, which is yet
another of the practical considerations
involved in planning a small house.
The quality of breadth, which belongs
to good design, as every artist knows, is
quite independent of actual measurement,
and just as a small picture may possess
l(^SC^.T^'_~ this quality, so also may a small room
when thi' proportions are good and the
view "i house from in wix decoration appropriate.
m. 11 baillie scott, architect The due relation of walls to ceiling,
108
previous article in Thi Studio foi January 18951 houseand the relative position of tin-moms, but it i>
.1 house was described wherein a special point was still further k opt in view in the finishing and furni \h
made of keeping the lull free from the routes oi ing. In the average house the introduction of much
the visitors or servants: and in a large family great furniture becomes almost a necessity in order to
attention would be paid to the planning of the distraet the eye from the bare and uninviting ap
route of the children, and a children's entrance pearance of the rooms, and the chief effort of the
adjoining a playroom, with a lavatory conveniently decorator is concentrated upon an heroic attempt
placed, would he probably appreciated. to cloak their abounding ugliness.
In such a small house as we now illustrate, how- but the artistic house with its well-proportioned
ever, such a complete isolation of routes becomes rooms and simple fitments will be found to need
impossible, but a reference to the plan will show only such furniture as is actually required for use.
how far this question has been found capable of And so all those devotions to the fetish of the
treatment under the circumstances. The serving- furnished, but uninhabitable room, which find their
room isolates the kitchen
from the rest of the house,
the serving-door obviates
the necessity for carrying [. "j Cj f
dishes through the hall, £ * ^vx^»JJ^i_ni^^
while the small servants' A A11\ \
staircase also adds to the /J flr||gK \ •
privacy of the hall. / ,' », . FTk L
The relative position of ,.,,/N J SMj^ y -gg^
the kitchen and servants' t»\£n&j WSB^i U \
rooms also sufficiently pre- jk
vents the passage of sound, -/ p. ^^^B^'"] W.W
tion of the kitchen by a ^w^H~lDLsJU - Ju»^iiL-^^^^"~~~
while the thorough ventila
shaft carried up at the side
of the flue, as well as the view of house from south-easi m h. baillie scott, architect
absence of direct commu-
nication with the family
rooms, will prevent that permeation of the smell of expression in days severely set apart for the polish-
cooking which is often only too noticeable in a ing and dusting of things which merely cumber
small house. the too limited floor space of a small room, all
To pass on to another practical consideration— that cleaning of cabinets, chairs, and knickknacks
the saving of labour it may be pointed out that of all descriptions, becomes unnecessary. The
not only is this helped by the compact form of the useless and trumpery rubbish which one finds in
almost every house is replaced by fur
nishings few and choice. And so we
gain not only freedom from useless fur-
niture, but what is perhaps more im
portant still in a small house—elbow
room. This leads us to the consideration
of this important subject, which is yet
another of the practical considerations
involved in planning a small house.
The quality of breadth, which belongs
to good design, as every artist knows, is
quite independent of actual measurement,
and just as a small picture may possess
l(^SC^.T^'_~ this quality, so also may a small room
when thi' proportions are good and the
view "i house from in wix decoration appropriate.
m. 11 baillie scott, architect The due relation of walls to ceiling,
108