Studio: international art (39.1907)

The Kings Sanatorium and its Chapel

have produced a very suc-
cessful and charming
building. The V-shaped
plan (p. 308), that was the
outcome of the discussion
between himself and his
committee, gives oppor-
tunity for the arranging
of the two naves so as each
to command a largely
southern aspect, and yet to
allow for the separation of
the male from the female
patients. These southern
sides of the naves are, as
shown by the plan and the

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open and are arranged as

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; naves meet against a low

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the king's sanatorium, midhurst h. percy adams, architect Width Of which is about

37 ft. The northern half

that in the bedrooms having rounded corners and of this, i.e., the apex of the whole building, contains
the wardrobe a rounded top, with a view to avoid- the altar, pulpit and clergy seats (p. 309). The walls
ing the gathering or deposit of dust. are of Bath and the floors of York stone. A very

One of the most interesting features in con- original and bold heating arrangement is intro-
nection with an exceedingly interesting building duced, not only in this chapel, but in the dining-
is the open-air chapel. The
problem before the archi-
tect was to provide a place
for Divine Service which
should accommodate a
large number of worship-
pers of both sexes, which
should be open to the sun
and air, which should yet
protect those using it from
being unduly exposed to
these, and which, finally,
should have a reverent and
dignified effect. This is
exactly one of those pro-
blems which the wise de-
signer recognises as so
essentially a modern one
that it cannot be, and,
indeed, should not be,
solved by dependence upon
tradition and bygone habits
of thought. Mr. Percy
Adams has approached it
with a courage an inven- altar in king's sanatorium chapel, midhurst

designed by h. percy adams

tiveness, and a skill that executed by the guild of handicraft

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