DOI Heft:
No. 71 (february 1899)
DOI Artikel:Wood, Esther; Morris, G. L.: The architecture of the Passmore Edwards settlement
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19231#0026
The Passmore Edwards Settlement
items together, the convivial board is adjusted to recreations; which as a labour of love is worthy of
the required size. The room is somewhat long all praise.
and narrow, well lit down one side from the norih- The fireplaces throughout the building are by
west, and forms perhaps the most pleasant apart- several well-known designers. They have been
ment in the house. The tone of the walls is here treated with freedom and diversity of method by
changed from the blue and green of the drawing- Messrs. Lethaby, Voysey, Newton, Troup and
room to a warm red. The floor is covered with Dawber, and the architects themselves have contri-
cork carpet; the grate a broad and open pattern buted the designs of the principal grates, the result
set in pale-green brick; while the well-furnished giving a refreshing note of individuality to the
dresser and sideboards give a homely cheer to the different rooms. The cheerful hearth of the
place. dining-hall, with its setting in green "Lethaby
The library is dedicated to the memory of Pro- brick," has already been noticed, and it is satis-
fessor Thomas Hill Green, the late leader of factory to know that this fireplace and fender with
Hegelian thought at Oxford, known to readers several others, were carried out by the ordinary
of " Robert Elsmere " in the character of " Henry manufacturers from instructions and sketches sup-
Grey." The central feature
of the room is the memorial
fireplace, a massive but
simple structure of " Hopton
wood" stone, with the
monogram "T. H. G." in-
itialled in gold. The erec-
tion of a " memorial fire-
place," though somewhat
novel, seems to commend
itself as no less reasonable
than the dedication of a
window, especially when we
consider how many admir-
able sentiments naturally
gather round the social
hearth. Deep book-cases
have been built into the
walls to a considerable
height, utilising the space in
the most compact and eco-
nomical manner, and the
fittings are quiet and unob-
trusive.
The smoking-room is
panelled in the window re-
cesses, and has a large and
comfortable settle, stained
to the prevailing dark-green
colour, occupying one of the
side walls. The shallow
arched recesses on each side
of the fireplace break agree-
ably into the coloured wall
above. This and the other
corresponding spaces have
been painted by a friend of
the settlement in a pictorial a. dunbar smith and cecil brfwer architects
frieze representing outdoor {From a photograph by G. E. Martin)
fireplace ix waitixg-room
items together, the convivial board is adjusted to recreations; which as a labour of love is worthy of
the required size. The room is somewhat long all praise.
and narrow, well lit down one side from the norih- The fireplaces throughout the building are by
west, and forms perhaps the most pleasant apart- several well-known designers. They have been
ment in the house. The tone of the walls is here treated with freedom and diversity of method by
changed from the blue and green of the drawing- Messrs. Lethaby, Voysey, Newton, Troup and
room to a warm red. The floor is covered with Dawber, and the architects themselves have contri-
cork carpet; the grate a broad and open pattern buted the designs of the principal grates, the result
set in pale-green brick; while the well-furnished giving a refreshing note of individuality to the
dresser and sideboards give a homely cheer to the different rooms. The cheerful hearth of the
place. dining-hall, with its setting in green "Lethaby
The library is dedicated to the memory of Pro- brick," has already been noticed, and it is satis-
fessor Thomas Hill Green, the late leader of factory to know that this fireplace and fender with
Hegelian thought at Oxford, known to readers several others, were carried out by the ordinary
of " Robert Elsmere " in the character of " Henry manufacturers from instructions and sketches sup-
Grey." The central feature
of the room is the memorial
fireplace, a massive but
simple structure of " Hopton
wood" stone, with the
monogram "T. H. G." in-
itialled in gold. The erec-
tion of a " memorial fire-
place," though somewhat
novel, seems to commend
itself as no less reasonable
than the dedication of a
window, especially when we
consider how many admir-
able sentiments naturally
gather round the social
hearth. Deep book-cases
have been built into the
walls to a considerable
height, utilising the space in
the most compact and eco-
nomical manner, and the
fittings are quiet and unob-
trusive.
The smoking-room is
panelled in the window re-
cesses, and has a large and
comfortable settle, stained
to the prevailing dark-green
colour, occupying one of the
side walls. The shallow
arched recesses on each side
of the fireplace break agree-
ably into the coloured wall
above. This and the other
corresponding spaces have
been painted by a friend of
the settlement in a pictorial a. dunbar smith and cecil brfwer architects
frieze representing outdoor {From a photograph by G. E. Martin)
fireplace ix waitixg-room