DOI issue:
No. 196 (July, 1909)
DOI article:Architectural gardening, [6]: With illustrations after designs by C. F. Mallows, F. R. I. B. A., and F. L. Griggs
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20967#0134
A rchitectural Gardening.—VI.
A BOWLING ALLEY
which is on the opposite side of the house to the
cloister court, is about at the same level as the
principal floors. A covered walk encloses the garth,
and is connected on the south side by a small
staircase with the pergola shown in the drawing
between the east and west wings. The aim in
this plan has been to obtain the greatest possible
amount of privacy without sacrificing too much
the principal advantages of a riverside house.
The small cloister court with its covered walks,
and the garth with its paved ways and central
fountain would, being exposed to the south on its
long side, have to the full the benefit of sunlight
and air. The little round-headed doorway shown
in the view would connect this court by means of
the stepped way, through a wild garden, with the
riverside.
The materials for the walls and roofs would be
the local hand-made bricks and tiles—all the
walling is proposed of brick, some variation in
colour being obtained by the use of Daneshill
bricks in the quoins, chimney stacks and pergola.
108
An idea for another
riverside house is indi-
cated on page* 104, and
assumes a locality where
reed thatching is the
natural roof covering
such as that to be found
in parts of the Eastern
Counties. For the rest
the building would be of
brick, common hard well-
burnt local bricks, thickly
whitewashed. The house
plan contains a central
hall, a living-room with
a small sitting-room or
parlour opening from one
end, and a large work-
room or studio from the
other end, but at a higher
level, as the sketch shows.
There is also a small
dining-room to be used
for that purpose only,
and eight bedrooms on
the first floor with four
attics over. The water
shown in the sketch is
suggested as an exten-
sion to a backwater, and
joined to the latter by a
small garden given up to
water-plants. All the effect of garden would be
obtained on this side of the house. There would
be a paddock and orchard on either side to the
east and west.
Entirely simple means are relied upon in the
second design on page 104, both for pictorial
and practical results. The plan is arranged in
order to provide a large square hall in the centre
of the house, to which the round-headed door-
way, shown in the sketch, leads from the garden
side. To the right and left of the hall are the
drawing and dining-rooms, each with a large
bay window at its narrow end. These principal
windows look to the west and east respec-
tively. The kitchen offices are on the east
side of the entrance court, and there are seven
bedrooms over. The whole design has been
carefully arranged within a long and narrow rect-
angle with an unbroken ridge line, in order to
obtain the maximum amount of accommodation
at the minimum cost.
The same desire, applied to a somewhat smaller
DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY F. L. GRIGGS
A BOWLING ALLEY
which is on the opposite side of the house to the
cloister court, is about at the same level as the
principal floors. A covered walk encloses the garth,
and is connected on the south side by a small
staircase with the pergola shown in the drawing
between the east and west wings. The aim in
this plan has been to obtain the greatest possible
amount of privacy without sacrificing too much
the principal advantages of a riverside house.
The small cloister court with its covered walks,
and the garth with its paved ways and central
fountain would, being exposed to the south on its
long side, have to the full the benefit of sunlight
and air. The little round-headed doorway shown
in the view would connect this court by means of
the stepped way, through a wild garden, with the
riverside.
The materials for the walls and roofs would be
the local hand-made bricks and tiles—all the
walling is proposed of brick, some variation in
colour being obtained by the use of Daneshill
bricks in the quoins, chimney stacks and pergola.
108
An idea for another
riverside house is indi-
cated on page* 104, and
assumes a locality where
reed thatching is the
natural roof covering
such as that to be found
in parts of the Eastern
Counties. For the rest
the building would be of
brick, common hard well-
burnt local bricks, thickly
whitewashed. The house
plan contains a central
hall, a living-room with
a small sitting-room or
parlour opening from one
end, and a large work-
room or studio from the
other end, but at a higher
level, as the sketch shows.
There is also a small
dining-room to be used
for that purpose only,
and eight bedrooms on
the first floor with four
attics over. The water
shown in the sketch is
suggested as an exten-
sion to a backwater, and
joined to the latter by a
small garden given up to
water-plants. All the effect of garden would be
obtained on this side of the house. There would
be a paddock and orchard on either side to the
east and west.
Entirely simple means are relied upon in the
second design on page 104, both for pictorial
and practical results. The plan is arranged in
order to provide a large square hall in the centre
of the house, to which the round-headed door-
way, shown in the sketch, leads from the garden
side. To the right and left of the hall are the
drawing and dining-rooms, each with a large
bay window at its narrow end. These principal
windows look to the west and east respec-
tively. The kitchen offices are on the east
side of the entrance court, and there are seven
bedrooms over. The whole design has been
carefully arranged within a long and narrow rect-
angle with an unbroken ridge line, in order to
obtain the maximum amount of accommodation
at the minimum cost.
The same desire, applied to a somewhat smaller
DESIGNED AND DRAWN BY F. L. GRIGGS