DOI Heft:
No. 72 (March 1899)
DOI Artikel:Leonard, George Hare: A nineteenth-century house, [1]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19231#0105
A Nineteenth-Century House
but it never could have been done at all, as it has its place, he remained true to his principles, and
been done, but for the endless patience and care of naturally fell back immediately upon those in
the other " wise-hearted " men in whom was found whom he had learned to put his trust.
" wisdom and understanding to know how to work There were limitations from the beginning. The
all manner of work" for the service of a great old house had been squeezed in amongst others
house. after the manner of London houses, and part of it
For years Mr. Cooper has been working, and was to be left untouched, so that much of the
learning to work, in closest intimacy with others general plan was incapable of fresh arrangement,
whose heads and hands have always been ready to The first thing the architect did was to think out
help him by working together for the common end. the general scheme, arrange the rooms, and take
One of his oldest friends is Mr. Stirling Lee; he, the measurements ; but when these preliminaries
with Mr. W. S. Frith, Mr. F. W. Pomeroy, and Mr. were over, the work of all began. To each indi-
A. G. Walker, are responsible for the work done in vidual artist was delivered his own problem to
stone, wood, and plaster. Mr. Nelson Dawson was work out, with the size at his disposal, the shape,
the artificer in brass and iron ; Mr. Selwyn Image and general idea. He was left to himself to do his
and Mr. Christopher Whall, in association with own work, to bring out the best that might be in
Mr. Cooper, were chiefly responsible for the glass ; him—stamped with his own individuality, signed
while Mr. John Cooke expressed himself in fresco with his own mark. And yet he was not left to
paint, curtains, and cushions. These, with Mr. himself. One wearies of committees, where a
Nicholas, are not only Mr. Cooper's fellow workers, number of stupid people who are not really in-
they are his friends. When he was entrusted with terested think it their duty to come and harass
the task of pulling down the old house which those who are, and certainly there is not always
stood in Palace Gate, and building a new house in safety in the multitude of counsellors; but when
but it never could have been done at all, as it has its place, he remained true to his principles, and
been done, but for the endless patience and care of naturally fell back immediately upon those in
the other " wise-hearted " men in whom was found whom he had learned to put his trust.
" wisdom and understanding to know how to work There were limitations from the beginning. The
all manner of work" for the service of a great old house had been squeezed in amongst others
house. after the manner of London houses, and part of it
For years Mr. Cooper has been working, and was to be left untouched, so that much of the
learning to work, in closest intimacy with others general plan was incapable of fresh arrangement,
whose heads and hands have always been ready to The first thing the architect did was to think out
help him by working together for the common end. the general scheme, arrange the rooms, and take
One of his oldest friends is Mr. Stirling Lee; he, the measurements ; but when these preliminaries
with Mr. W. S. Frith, Mr. F. W. Pomeroy, and Mr. were over, the work of all began. To each indi-
A. G. Walker, are responsible for the work done in vidual artist was delivered his own problem to
stone, wood, and plaster. Mr. Nelson Dawson was work out, with the size at his disposal, the shape,
the artificer in brass and iron ; Mr. Selwyn Image and general idea. He was left to himself to do his
and Mr. Christopher Whall, in association with own work, to bring out the best that might be in
Mr. Cooper, were chiefly responsible for the glass ; him—stamped with his own individuality, signed
while Mr. John Cooke expressed himself in fresco with his own mark. And yet he was not left to
paint, curtains, and cushions. These, with Mr. himself. One wearies of committees, where a
Nicholas, are not only Mr. Cooper's fellow workers, number of stupid people who are not really in-
they are his friends. When he was entrusted with terested think it their duty to come and harass
the task of pulling down the old house which those who are, and certainly there is not always
stood in Palace Gate, and building a new house in safety in the multitude of counsellors; but when