DOI Heft:
Nr. 121 (April 1903)
DOI Artikel:Scott, Mackay H. Baillie: "Yellowsands", a sea-side house
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19878#0201
A Seaside House.
poppies display their scarlet petals, there gleams
the blue of the sea.
Those who are familiar with the works of Mr.
Richard Le Gallienne will perhaps remember that
picture of a seaside resort which, instead of repeat-
ing the wearisome surroundings of the modern
town house with the addition of niggers on the
beach and a brass band in the streets, suggests
surroundings which are well conveyed by the
poetic title of this ideal seaside haven. And so
I have ventured to appropriate this name of
"Yellowsands" for the house by the sea which
forms the subject of this article. It is not often in
actual fact that an architect is enabled to choose
the name of the house that he builds, and often
it is his sorrow to see his latest arrangement in
bricks and mortar described as " Acacia Villa " or
"The Pines"; and for some occult reason such "yellowsands": first-floor plan
m. h. baillie scott, architect
titles are chosen, not because the locality abounds
in the particular trees referred to, but generally
because there are no trees of any kind in some name for his house which shall help to inspire
the neighbourhood ; or, perhaps, " Acacia Villa " him in the realisation of his idea, although it may
may have an ash tree at the back, or " The Pines " never be painted on the front gate. And surely
a yew tree on the front lawn. But from the this name of "Yellowsands" is one to conjure
designer's point of view it is often useful to imagine with. It is not merely fancifully poetic, but full of
that serene and large-minded
sanity which is associated with
the name of Shakespeare. It
{^y V.J speaks, too, of the sea and of the
>~\ f-L. open spaces of the shore, and
// n^. recalls the vision of the dainty
// \x sprite Ariel. In a house so
\\ named one might expect to find
// x\ that all things had suffered a
^> sea change, and that its decora-
I f~\ /~\ tion should tell us something
ForecourT ; V of those who go down to the sea
,'""\ in ships. And so in the build-
JJ ing and decoration of this seaside
// (j) house the sea supplies much of
^^V, // \_J the materials for its structure
F=sCfiimi /—\ and the motives for the design
\^ ^^/^ K'W'e" ^^WhiZ^S^-t^.. °f its ornament the stones
\ y^Z^V^^W^n which form the floor of its
\. < ^^j^^JS^ » *.....—. t ShUd'' ^^V\ terrace are gathered from the
n. /£) 'y beach, and arranged in patterns
^^twXr \ V "V^ f of white and grey; the hall sug-
^* ^""'^Ses ra*. fi°wer gests a ship in the form of its plan ;
the carving is of that Runic kind
/fes. J' S^^^C ir^ which was suggested by the inter-
Tcig!e, y^r lacing of cordage, and the walls
j| are hung with sailcloth—toned
^55==^=^ in the hall to that ruddy brown
'yellowsands" : ground plan m. h. baillie scott, architect which is to be found m the sails
poppies display their scarlet petals, there gleams
the blue of the sea.
Those who are familiar with the works of Mr.
Richard Le Gallienne will perhaps remember that
picture of a seaside resort which, instead of repeat-
ing the wearisome surroundings of the modern
town house with the addition of niggers on the
beach and a brass band in the streets, suggests
surroundings which are well conveyed by the
poetic title of this ideal seaside haven. And so
I have ventured to appropriate this name of
"Yellowsands" for the house by the sea which
forms the subject of this article. It is not often in
actual fact that an architect is enabled to choose
the name of the house that he builds, and often
it is his sorrow to see his latest arrangement in
bricks and mortar described as " Acacia Villa " or
"The Pines"; and for some occult reason such "yellowsands": first-floor plan
m. h. baillie scott, architect
titles are chosen, not because the locality abounds
in the particular trees referred to, but generally
because there are no trees of any kind in some name for his house which shall help to inspire
the neighbourhood ; or, perhaps, " Acacia Villa " him in the realisation of his idea, although it may
may have an ash tree at the back, or " The Pines " never be painted on the front gate. And surely
a yew tree on the front lawn. But from the this name of "Yellowsands" is one to conjure
designer's point of view it is often useful to imagine with. It is not merely fancifully poetic, but full of
that serene and large-minded
sanity which is associated with
the name of Shakespeare. It
{^y V.J speaks, too, of the sea and of the
>~\ f-L. open spaces of the shore, and
// n^. recalls the vision of the dainty
// \x sprite Ariel. In a house so
\\ named one might expect to find
// x\ that all things had suffered a
^> sea change, and that its decora-
I f~\ /~\ tion should tell us something
ForecourT ; V of those who go down to the sea
,'""\ in ships. And so in the build-
JJ ing and decoration of this seaside
// (j) house the sea supplies much of
^^V, // \_J the materials for its structure
F=sCfiimi /—\ and the motives for the design
\^ ^^/^ K'W'e" ^^WhiZ^S^-t^.. °f its ornament the stones
\ y^Z^V^^W^n which form the floor of its
\. < ^^j^^JS^ » *.....—. t ShUd'' ^^V\ terrace are gathered from the
n. /£) 'y beach, and arranged in patterns
^^twXr \ V "V^ f of white and grey; the hall sug-
^* ^""'^Ses ra*. fi°wer gests a ship in the form of its plan ;
the carving is of that Runic kind
/fes. J' S^^^C ir^ which was suggested by the inter-
Tcig!e, y^r lacing of cordage, and the walls
j| are hung with sailcloth—toned
^55==^=^ in the hall to that ruddy brown
'yellowsands" : ground plan m. h. baillie scott, architect which is to be found m the sails