DOI issue:
No. 160 (July, 1906)
DOI article:Recent designs of domestic architecture
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0148
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
of reed thatch for the roof, as originally intended,
has employed sound old tiles, taken from buildings
at Dover which had been pulled down. The oak
used for the doors and architraves on the ground
floor was taken from old mill posts. It will be
observed that the whole of the living rooms and
bedrooms face either south-east or south-west,
with the exception of the dining room, which faces
almost due south. Thus full advantage is obtained
of the beneficent influence of sunlight where it is
most needed. Well-fires are used in all the rooms,
with specially designed mantels of stone, brick or
wood. It is proposed to make a special feature of
the gardens, which are at present being laid out
according to a scheme prepared by the architect.
Trusley Manor, near Derby, of which we give
a full-page illustration, occupies in part the site
of an old manor house, portions of which are still in
existence at the rear. The building faces due south
and is pleasantly situated on ground sufficiently
elevated to afford extended views of the surround-
ing country. The materials employed for the
structure were red brick and stone—the former
procured from Loughborough, and the stone,
which is of a warm red-brown colour, from Amber-
gate. A long corridor, giving access to the
various rooms, runs from east to west. At the
western end of the building on the ground floor is
the library, from the large bay window of which,
shown in our illustration, an extensive view is given
in that direction. Both the drawing-room and the
dining room are spacious apartments, each being
upwards of thirty feet in length, and with windows
looking on to the terrace. Between them, and
opening into them right and left, is a hall fitted as
a sitting-room, which is forty feet in length. All
the domestic offices are situated at the eastern end
of the building and are separated from the rest of it
by swing doors. The bedrooms, distributed over the
upper floors, number in all twenty or thereabouts,
including those for the servants at the eastern end.
The sanitary offices are located below the tower.
The architect of this house was Mr. F. Bowles,
of London, and the erection was carried out by
Messrs. Ford & Co., of Derby.
The Manor House, Harrietsham, Kent, illus-
trations of which are shown in this issue, was, until
recently, in a very dilapidated condition, and
occupied as a farm-house. When the present
owner purchased the estate of some 400 acres on
which it stands, the house had just been renovated
with vertical sash windows, painted blue and white,
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of reed thatch for the roof, as originally intended,
has employed sound old tiles, taken from buildings
at Dover which had been pulled down. The oak
used for the doors and architraves on the ground
floor was taken from old mill posts. It will be
observed that the whole of the living rooms and
bedrooms face either south-east or south-west,
with the exception of the dining room, which faces
almost due south. Thus full advantage is obtained
of the beneficent influence of sunlight where it is
most needed. Well-fires are used in all the rooms,
with specially designed mantels of stone, brick or
wood. It is proposed to make a special feature of
the gardens, which are at present being laid out
according to a scheme prepared by the architect.
Trusley Manor, near Derby, of which we give
a full-page illustration, occupies in part the site
of an old manor house, portions of which are still in
existence at the rear. The building faces due south
and is pleasantly situated on ground sufficiently
elevated to afford extended views of the surround-
ing country. The materials employed for the
structure were red brick and stone—the former
procured from Loughborough, and the stone,
which is of a warm red-brown colour, from Amber-
gate. A long corridor, giving access to the
various rooms, runs from east to west. At the
western end of the building on the ground floor is
the library, from the large bay window of which,
shown in our illustration, an extensive view is given
in that direction. Both the drawing-room and the
dining room are spacious apartments, each being
upwards of thirty feet in length, and with windows
looking on to the terrace. Between them, and
opening into them right and left, is a hall fitted as
a sitting-room, which is forty feet in length. All
the domestic offices are situated at the eastern end
of the building and are separated from the rest of it
by swing doors. The bedrooms, distributed over the
upper floors, number in all twenty or thereabouts,
including those for the servants at the eastern end.
The sanitary offices are located below the tower.
The architect of this house was Mr. F. Bowles,
of London, and the erection was carried out by
Messrs. Ford & Co., of Derby.
The Manor House, Harrietsham, Kent, illus-
trations of which are shown in this issue, was, until
recently, in a very dilapidated condition, and
occupied as a farm-house. When the present
owner purchased the estate of some 400 acres on
which it stands, the house had just been renovated
with vertical sash windows, painted blue and white,
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