DOI Heft:
No. 58 (January, 1898)
DOI Artikel:A modern English country house: designed by Arnold Mitchell
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18390#0292
A Modem English Country House
ornamental features are so
clearly evident in the illus-
tration, that it is not neces-
sary to dwell upon them.
On a bookcase at the side
stands a huge silver model
of the Forth Bridge — an
unusual piece of bric-a-brac
for a drawing room, which
again brings the fact before
one that the house is essen-
tially a bachelor's abode—
not lacking, it is true, "the
touch which betrays a
woman's hand " (to quote a
once favourite phrase of the
minor novelists), for Sir
Benjamin is no misogynist,
and has near relatives to
play the part of hostess.
All the same, it is essentially
a holiday home rather than
a family mansion.
But space will not permit
detailed notice of each
room ; two of the bed-
rooms supply picturesque
the hall and staircase arnold mitchell, architect
to hide poor construction f
by ornament; and if the
opposite method, which has
been followed here, is too ^
often mentioned in this de-
scription, such repetition g£ jfjT
must be pardoned, because
it is the chief feature of the
, ■> ^mmm
house, and the one that,
unluckily for the majority a,
of modern buildings, is well- ^..EmmMl^L., : ^^^P^M
nigh unique. JHrv ^
The chief architectural nHrjHMH Jr
feature of the drawing-room HhHEkSL. i
is a delightful ingle-nook, jP^^fi|| ^^jb$t^
shown in our illustration xlS^ejml
(page 241). The curve L^lS^^f^^-
of its lintel is pleasantly f1aSf^^
managed, and the details
are all harmonious and well
proportioned. An Elsley ^^N^
grate, framed by Persian S< **H"S%%-
tiles, is surmounted by a BBfrlj?*<
specially designed over- ^^■^■■iMMK^^^^^^MM^^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^"
mantel ; but the merely corner of a bedroom arnold mitchell, architect
244
ornamental features are so
clearly evident in the illus-
tration, that it is not neces-
sary to dwell upon them.
On a bookcase at the side
stands a huge silver model
of the Forth Bridge — an
unusual piece of bric-a-brac
for a drawing room, which
again brings the fact before
one that the house is essen-
tially a bachelor's abode—
not lacking, it is true, "the
touch which betrays a
woman's hand " (to quote a
once favourite phrase of the
minor novelists), for Sir
Benjamin is no misogynist,
and has near relatives to
play the part of hostess.
All the same, it is essentially
a holiday home rather than
a family mansion.
But space will not permit
detailed notice of each
room ; two of the bed-
rooms supply picturesque
the hall and staircase arnold mitchell, architect
to hide poor construction f
by ornament; and if the
opposite method, which has
been followed here, is too ^
often mentioned in this de-
scription, such repetition g£ jfjT
must be pardoned, because
it is the chief feature of the
, ■> ^mmm
house, and the one that,
unluckily for the majority a,
of modern buildings, is well- ^..EmmMl^L., : ^^^P^M
nigh unique. JHrv ^
The chief architectural nHrjHMH Jr
feature of the drawing-room HhHEkSL. i
is a delightful ingle-nook, jP^^fi|| ^^jb$t^
shown in our illustration xlS^ejml
(page 241). The curve L^lS^^f^^-
of its lintel is pleasantly f1aSf^^
managed, and the details
are all harmonious and well
proportioned. An Elsley ^^N^
grate, framed by Persian S< **H"S%%-
tiles, is surmounted by a BBfrlj?*<
specially designed over- ^^■^■■iMMK^^^^^^MM^^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^"
mantel ; but the merely corner of a bedroom arnold mitchell, architect
244