DOI Heft:
No. 199 (October, 1909)
DOI Artikel:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20968#0066
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
the last of the local windmills has been -^^■i
built in.
"Oakhill Drive," illustrated opposite, is yaed.
situated on Surbiton Hill, Surrey, and its
principal rooms face S.E. and S.W. The "^^^"^^^^^
terrace is 30 feet wide, and stands 5 feet In j^-r^h™
above the level of the tennis and croquet 1
lawns. The external facings are of purple b i jj jt
stock bricks with red dressings. The bay —4^r
windows of the dining-room and drawing- i r
room are stone mullioned, the remaining 1 rjf^jQ rjjj^ \
windows being of wood painted white. The
copings of the gable parapets are of stone.
The roofs are covered with light sea-green -p""^
Westmorland slates, laid in diminishing ™
courses with lead ridges. The hall and
staircase are lined with white panelling, and----■--—
the doors of the principal rooms are of plan of cottage at bushey. harold kennard, architect
polished mahogany. The ground floor
accommodation comprises an entrance hall
with cloak-room and lavatory adjoining, main hall, room. On the first floor, besides a sitting-room
a billiard-room 28 by 18 feet, with raised dais at leading on to the balcony over the loggia, there
one end, drawing-room 26 by 15 feet (exclusive of are eight bed-and dressing-rooms, two bath-rooms,
bay), library, dining-room 22 by 16 feet, and the etc., and the top floor has three bed-rooms, a
usual domestic offices. The loggia can be bath-room, and other accommodation. The house
approached direct either from the drawing-room, is warmed by radiators in addition to open fire-
billiard-room, or hall, and serves as an open-air places. The architect, Mr. Walter E. Hewitt,
cottage at bushey, herts.
44
harold kennard, architect
the last of the local windmills has been -^^■i
built in.
"Oakhill Drive," illustrated opposite, is yaed.
situated on Surbiton Hill, Surrey, and its
principal rooms face S.E. and S.W. The "^^^"^^^^^
terrace is 30 feet wide, and stands 5 feet In j^-r^h™
above the level of the tennis and croquet 1
lawns. The external facings are of purple b i jj jt
stock bricks with red dressings. The bay —4^r
windows of the dining-room and drawing- i r
room are stone mullioned, the remaining 1 rjf^jQ rjjj^ \
windows being of wood painted white. The
copings of the gable parapets are of stone.
The roofs are covered with light sea-green -p""^
Westmorland slates, laid in diminishing ™
courses with lead ridges. The hall and
staircase are lined with white panelling, and----■--—
the doors of the principal rooms are of plan of cottage at bushey. harold kennard, architect
polished mahogany. The ground floor
accommodation comprises an entrance hall
with cloak-room and lavatory adjoining, main hall, room. On the first floor, besides a sitting-room
a billiard-room 28 by 18 feet, with raised dais at leading on to the balcony over the loggia, there
one end, drawing-room 26 by 15 feet (exclusive of are eight bed-and dressing-rooms, two bath-rooms,
bay), library, dining-room 22 by 16 feet, and the etc., and the top floor has three bed-rooms, a
usual domestic offices. The loggia can be bath-room, and other accommodation. The house
approached direct either from the drawing-room, is warmed by radiators in addition to open fire-
billiard-room, or hall, and serves as an open-air places. The architect, Mr. Walter E. Hewitt,
cottage at bushey, herts.
44
harold kennard, architect