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Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture

square forecourt. (In the
plan, as reproduced, a por-
tion of the intervening
roadway has been omitted
to save space.) The house
is L-shaped in plan, and
in the arrangement of the
rooms convenience has
been the principal object
aimed at. The octagonal
entrance porch opens into
a small vestibule and thence
into a large sitting-room
with seated bay - window
and fireplace. To the left
of the hall a study and
boudoir open on to a small
passage leading out to a
small loggia overlooking
the sunk garden. The
drawing-room and boudoir
are divided by sliding

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doors. The dming-room
is on the right of the

house is built of brick, and rough-cast with red entrance hall in close proximity to the kitchen
facings to portions, and hanging tiles. The roof and offices, forming the angle part of the L-shaped
is covered with hand-made tiles. The windows plan—an arrangement which prevents the intrusion
have leaded lights and iron casements. One of of odours into the living-room and enables the
the features of the plan is that access can be food to be transferred to the dining-room without
obtained to the front door without passing through getting appreciably cooler. The prevailing tone of
the hall. The small motor
house close to the kitchen

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end of the terrace wall, and
is accessible from the side
road. A small orchard
abuts on this road, and
is screened from the tennis
lawn by a trellis fence. ; j
"Greystoke," near War-
wick, is situated on the
Banbury Road, adjoining
the celebrated Warwick
Castle domain. There is
a fine wood at one side,
giving substantial protec-
tion from the cold north
winds; but otherwise the
site is at present compara-
tively bare, and it will need
time to set off the house
to full advantage. The
twin gate-lodges and arch-
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