Studio: international art (46.1909)

Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture

HALL AT KNAPPE CROSS, EXMOUTH

corner, the servants’ hall, however, being on the
sunny side and having a bay window. The
external walls are built hollow with a 2^-in.
cavity, and are bonded with Jennings’ stoneware
cranked bonding bricks. The floors are fire-resist-

ing, and were supplied and
laid by the Kleine Co. on
their well-known system.
The corridors on each
floor are heated by radia-
tors, and the ground floor
rooms have supplement-
ary radiators in addition
to fireplaces. The heating
was carried out by Messrs.
Wippell and Row of
Exeter. The architectural
motive externally is of the
simplest; the oblong shape
of the lead glazing panes
is the keynote, and is re-
produced in the shape of
the windows, and practi-
cally governs the eleva-
tions. Unity of motive,
with the use of as few
materials as possible, has
been aimed at, and the
result is a restrained and
dignified house. The bricks are a rough tawny
red, with plenty of varied colour, and with the
hand-made roofing tiles, were supplied by a London
firm. The stone used for the windows is of the
Ham Hill variety, and the warm creamy colour

w. H. ANSELL, ARCHITECT

KNAPPE CROSS, EXMOUTH : TERRACE VIEW

W. H. ANSELL, ARCHITECT

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