Studio: international art (42.1908)

Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture

house at wokingham ernest newton, architect

y—. house where ordinary red

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I warn \ I »»gkb> j In the above view the

H _ southern aspect of the

I smce I !■ i i ■ m if""*?] ii mi .1 Jl* house is shown. On this

hi— I I !~™ :i side are the drawing-room

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«r —-1 j ^ and dmmg-room (both

COft!_I t . IhihB" I "cms =1 J^igimikJ j . I LmW | measuring 2 2 feet by 16 feet

l^a^JlLj^^^id^s^iiB* ' ■, 'I in greatest length and in

g°l| | width) and principal bed-

1 aim™™™ M room. The hall shown in

GROUND FLOOK PLAN ft aiiUCDKM |FJ ,,.,,,■„,.

I IP theplanis 20feetbyi8feet,

I_V and the billiard - room

24 feet by 18 feet.

deep ruby red, russet
brown, grey, and almost
plum colour. The angles
of the walls and the
margins round the win-
dows are made with deep
red kiln bricks. The roof
is covered with rich red
hand-made Kentish tiles.
The whole effect of colour
is quiet and pleasant, and
quite different from the
crude raw look of a new plans of the above house

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