DOI Heft:
No. 196 (July, 1909)
DOI Artikel:Some recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20967#0151
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
Recent designs in domestic
ARCHITECTURE.
^ “ Dormers,” Bovingdon, Herts, of
which the drawing reproduced on this page shows the
entrance front, is a house now nearing completion
upon a charming site some ten acres in extent,
about miles from Boxmoor. The external walls
are of 14-in. brickwork roughly rendered with
cement stucco and whitened ; the plinth, chimney-
stacks and dressings, as well as the walls of the
forecourt, being in red brick of varied tints; while
the roofs are covered with hand-made sand-faced
tiles. The accommodation consists on the ground
floor of hall, spacious dining and drawing rooms (the
longest dimensions in both cases being 23 feet)
all opening on to the loggia, a morning-room,
servants’ sitting-room and the usual offices. On
the first floor there are seven bed and dressing
rooms, bathrooms, etc. ; and on the top floor,
in addition to a large billiard or play room affording
beautiful views over the surrounding country on
all sides, there are two bedrooms, a bathroom,
boxroom, etc. An entrance lodge is also being
constructed in connection with the house. Mr.
Walter E. Hewitt, A.R.I.B.A., of London, is the
architect.
Our next illustrations have special interest for
architects who are called upon to make extensive
additions to an existing building of an unattractive
type. In the case of “ Marrowells,” at Walton-on-
Thames, Mr. Winter Rose had to incorporate in
his scheme a villa which originated in one of the
most unfortunate periods of domestic architecture
in this country (it was built about i860), and it
was desirable to build in as much as possible of
this structure while altering the proportions of the
still remaining features. The problem of planning
which confronted him was, therefore, by no means
an easy one. By adopting an angular treatment of
the plan he was able to give the best rooms an
outlook on the new garden, which is being laid out
on architectural lines, and the aspect being south-
west, a full share of the sun was secured for them.
The new work, indicated in the plan on p. 127 by
solid black lines, is designed to be executed in
solid oak framing and local brick nogging, whilst
the roof is covered with old and new mingled local
tiles. The windows are metal casements, filled
with leaded lights. The stables are approached
through an archway under the chauffeur’s quarters
(shown in the first of the two illustrations on the
next page), which are grouped around the courtyard
at the rear of the house. The other view we give
is of the garden front. Both illustrations are from
drawings by the architect.
“ DORMERS,” BOVINGDON, HERTS WALTER E. HEWITT, ARCHITECT
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Recent designs in domestic
ARCHITECTURE.
^ “ Dormers,” Bovingdon, Herts, of
which the drawing reproduced on this page shows the
entrance front, is a house now nearing completion
upon a charming site some ten acres in extent,
about miles from Boxmoor. The external walls
are of 14-in. brickwork roughly rendered with
cement stucco and whitened ; the plinth, chimney-
stacks and dressings, as well as the walls of the
forecourt, being in red brick of varied tints; while
the roofs are covered with hand-made sand-faced
tiles. The accommodation consists on the ground
floor of hall, spacious dining and drawing rooms (the
longest dimensions in both cases being 23 feet)
all opening on to the loggia, a morning-room,
servants’ sitting-room and the usual offices. On
the first floor there are seven bed and dressing
rooms, bathrooms, etc. ; and on the top floor,
in addition to a large billiard or play room affording
beautiful views over the surrounding country on
all sides, there are two bedrooms, a bathroom,
boxroom, etc. An entrance lodge is also being
constructed in connection with the house. Mr.
Walter E. Hewitt, A.R.I.B.A., of London, is the
architect.
Our next illustrations have special interest for
architects who are called upon to make extensive
additions to an existing building of an unattractive
type. In the case of “ Marrowells,” at Walton-on-
Thames, Mr. Winter Rose had to incorporate in
his scheme a villa which originated in one of the
most unfortunate periods of domestic architecture
in this country (it was built about i860), and it
was desirable to build in as much as possible of
this structure while altering the proportions of the
still remaining features. The problem of planning
which confronted him was, therefore, by no means
an easy one. By adopting an angular treatment of
the plan he was able to give the best rooms an
outlook on the new garden, which is being laid out
on architectural lines, and the aspect being south-
west, a full share of the sun was secured for them.
The new work, indicated in the plan on p. 127 by
solid black lines, is designed to be executed in
solid oak framing and local brick nogging, whilst
the roof is covered with old and new mingled local
tiles. The windows are metal casements, filled
with leaded lights. The stables are approached
through an archway under the chauffeur’s quarters
(shown in the first of the two illustrations on the
next page), which are grouped around the courtyard
at the rear of the house. The other view we give
is of the garden front. Both illustrations are from
drawings by the architect.
“ DORMERS,” BOVINGDON, HERTS WALTER E. HEWITT, ARCHITECT
I25