DOI issue:
No. 152 (November, 1905)
DOI article:Morris, G. L.; Wood, Esther: The country cottage and the materials used in its construction
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20713#0168
The Country Cottage
COTTAGES, ABINGER, SURREY : BACK VIEW
W. DUNN & R. WATSON, ARCHITECTS
offence to the peculiar “localness ”of neighbouring
work.
The five-roomed cottages by Mr. Charles
Spooner (page 148) were
probably treated in a similar
way, or by plastering the
walls and leaving the marks
of the trowel. This last
method is one that might
easily degenerate into an
affectation, but we have
seen cottages in Sussex
finished in this way with
pleasant results. The cot-
tage of which we have
given two views is a de-
lightful example of that
architect’s sympathy with
county tradition. It is as
typical of Sussex as Messrs.
Dunn and Watson’s cot-
tages at Abinger are
typical of Surrey. Nothing
could be more admirable
and satisfactory than these
3 COTTAGES, ABINGER, SURREY
modern examples of the common room
H0
cottage building. Here is a case of the right
thing in the right place. The same may be
said for the inside of the common room and the
W. DUNN & R. WATSON,
ARCHITECTS
COTTAGES, ABINGER, SURREY : BACK VIEW
W. DUNN & R. WATSON, ARCHITECTS
offence to the peculiar “localness ”of neighbouring
work.
The five-roomed cottages by Mr. Charles
Spooner (page 148) were
probably treated in a similar
way, or by plastering the
walls and leaving the marks
of the trowel. This last
method is one that might
easily degenerate into an
affectation, but we have
seen cottages in Sussex
finished in this way with
pleasant results. The cot-
tage of which we have
given two views is a de-
lightful example of that
architect’s sympathy with
county tradition. It is as
typical of Sussex as Messrs.
Dunn and Watson’s cot-
tages at Abinger are
typical of Surrey. Nothing
could be more admirable
and satisfactory than these
3 COTTAGES, ABINGER, SURREY
modern examples of the common room
H0
cottage building. Here is a case of the right
thing in the right place. The same may be
said for the inside of the common room and the
W. DUNN & R. WATSON,
ARCHITECTS