Designs for Domestic Architecture
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good home-grown oak
from the estate timber-
yards. No attempt has
been made at anything
out of the common in
the way of design, but
simply a straightforward
use of the material at
hand has been aimed at,
with a touch of local
tradition in the use of
the half timber.
The cottages will con-
tain a sitting-room or
parlour and a large living-
room, with wash-house,
pantry, covered way, etc.,
and three good bedrooms.
They will be built in rough
cast and half timber, with
the chimneys, etc., in red
brick and stone. Again no
attempt has been made to
produce anything "origi-
a hillside house: ground plan m. h. baillie scott, architect nal" ot "effective," but by
grouping three cottages
together and arranging
that adorn the village. The walls are of finely- the porches pleasantly some approach to design
tooled Talacre stone, and the roofs are covered has been arrived at. On the other side of the
with Yorkshire stone slates with a very satisfactory green is the new Dog and Doublet Inn, which is
result. connected to the cottages, as it were, by the low
The leading feature of the plan of Mr. H. G. wall and fencing between the two.
Ibberson's Week-end Cottage, Trimmingham, is a The inn stands on the site of some old cottages,
large common room with a semi-octagonal roof.
Both this and the kitchen have direct access to the
loggia, which is used for meals when the weather is
suitable. There are bed and box rooms on the
first floor, and the large bath-room can also be
used as an "emergency bedroom. The tiles are
rough and of a deep red colour. The rough-
cast is brownish yellow and the paint (externally)
green.
Lord Harrowby's deep interest in the welfare of
all on his estates is shown in a marked degree by
his wish to make Sandon an ideal village. He
has already built a club house containing a reading
room, large billiard room, gymnasium and dressing
rooms, fitted with the latest appliances. In con-
nection with it, at the back, is a large roomy loggia
where spectators can sit, sheltered from the sun, and
watch cricket in the field behind. The club house
is delightfully fitted up; it is built of local stone and
roueh cast, with English oak-timbered gables and
6 ' °. a hillside house: m. h. baillie scott,
red tile roofs. All the joinery throughout is of oak, first floor plan architect
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good home-grown oak
from the estate timber-
yards. No attempt has
been made at anything
out of the common in
the way of design, but
simply a straightforward
use of the material at
hand has been aimed at,
with a touch of local
tradition in the use of
the half timber.
The cottages will con-
tain a sitting-room or
parlour and a large living-
room, with wash-house,
pantry, covered way, etc.,
and three good bedrooms.
They will be built in rough
cast and half timber, with
the chimneys, etc., in red
brick and stone. Again no
attempt has been made to
produce anything "origi-
a hillside house: ground plan m. h. baillie scott, architect nal" ot "effective," but by
grouping three cottages
together and arranging
that adorn the village. The walls are of finely- the porches pleasantly some approach to design
tooled Talacre stone, and the roofs are covered has been arrived at. On the other side of the
with Yorkshire stone slates with a very satisfactory green is the new Dog and Doublet Inn, which is
result. connected to the cottages, as it were, by the low
The leading feature of the plan of Mr. H. G. wall and fencing between the two.
Ibberson's Week-end Cottage, Trimmingham, is a The inn stands on the site of some old cottages,
large common room with a semi-octagonal roof.
Both this and the kitchen have direct access to the
loggia, which is used for meals when the weather is
suitable. There are bed and box rooms on the
first floor, and the large bath-room can also be
used as an "emergency bedroom. The tiles are
rough and of a deep red colour. The rough-
cast is brownish yellow and the paint (externally)
green.
Lord Harrowby's deep interest in the welfare of
all on his estates is shown in a marked degree by
his wish to make Sandon an ideal village. He
has already built a club house containing a reading
room, large billiard room, gymnasium and dressing
rooms, fitted with the latest appliances. In con-
nection with it, at the back, is a large roomy loggia
where spectators can sit, sheltered from the sun, and
watch cricket in the field behind. The club house
is delightfully fitted up; it is built of local stone and
roueh cast, with English oak-timbered gables and
6 ' °. a hillside house: m. h. baillie scott,
red tile roofs. All the joinery throughout is of oak, first floor plan architect
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