Studio: international art (46.1909)

Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture

UPPER GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF PROPOSED HOUSE AT GUILDFORD

M. H. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITECT

pillars are placed closer to
each other and so form a
pergola—a kind of bridge
between sunk gardens on
either side. On entering
the front door we find our-
selves in a gallery adjoin
ing and at the same level
as the drawing-room. The
view of the hall from this
gallery is shown in the
illustration on p. 293. The
drawing-room itself has a
semicircular plaster ceiling
and a long window with
seats and glazed china cup-
boards at each side. From
it opens the octagonal
garden - room with open
timbered roof and floor
paved in a pattern of grey
stone and brick. Return-
ing to the gallery there are five steps from this
down into the hall, which is a piece of structure
in English oak and plaster, the oak being left in
its natural tones of greyish brown. From the stairs
at the east side of the hall one approaches the
dining-room under the drawing-room, which has
a western window and garden porch, and at the
back of this are the kitchen premises. At the
south end of the hall four steps down bring one
to the study with its single fireplace and recess

for books ; and on this lower level may be noted
the octagonal bathroom with central circular bath.
There are three bedrooms and a dressing-room
over the south wing. The total accommodation of
the house consists, therefore, besides the central
hall, of three sitting-rooms, five bedrooms, dress-
ing-room, bathroom, and kitchen premises; and
the estimated cost is ^1,500. In the building
of such a house it may be noted, in conclusion,
that the modern ideal of perfection, which consists

PROPOSED HOUSE AT GUILDFORD : GARDEN FRONT FACING WEST

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