DOI issue:
No. 200 (November, 200)
DOI article:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20968#0161
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
■of Mr. Ernest Newton, F.R.I.B.A. It is situated the north and south elevations are nearly identical,
between Lingfield and Godstone on ground gently A flat portion of the roof, shown in the coloured
sloping to the south, and is built of Chichester illustration, is enclosed by a wooden balustrade to
clamp bricks and Portland stone, with bright red form a balcony. The garden is laid out in a
Wrotham bricks round the windows, deep red series of terraces connected by wide flights of
Wrotham tiles being used for the roof. The stone steps placed axially with the house and
principal and central feature of the entrance front, terminating in a fan-shaped plantation with radial
which faces north, is the carved stone porch shown grass paths. Internally, the central portion of
in the accompanying coloured illustration. On the south front is occupied by a hall furnished with
the south side the central panels of tapestry framed in oak, and communi-
. feature is a semicircular eating by a wide corridor with the front entrance.
- portico with Ionic columns, The dining-room and drawing-room on the same
which also serves as a side are both panelled in wood to the ceiling, and
k.tchen balcony to a sitting-room on the north side the billiard-room has large
I above. In other respects tapestry panels framed in deal painted white.
• W M The ground floor also con-
'MJJ A~ tains a smoking-room, lava-
■ES355iSBBBf tory, and the usual suite of
domestic offices, which form
■JL- a one-story wing. The first
floor contains a sitting-room,
'W eight bed and dressing-rooms,
/ bath-rooms, etc., and there
:::v:_v;::;;;m. are eight bed-rooms in the
lii ii i \\~w attic story. The general con-
tractors for the building
were Messrs. Trollope &
PLAN AND PERSPECTIVE OF PROPOSED HOUSE AT HAMPSTEAD R. F. JOHNSTON, ARCHITECT
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■of Mr. Ernest Newton, F.R.I.B.A. It is situated the north and south elevations are nearly identical,
between Lingfield and Godstone on ground gently A flat portion of the roof, shown in the coloured
sloping to the south, and is built of Chichester illustration, is enclosed by a wooden balustrade to
clamp bricks and Portland stone, with bright red form a balcony. The garden is laid out in a
Wrotham bricks round the windows, deep red series of terraces connected by wide flights of
Wrotham tiles being used for the roof. The stone steps placed axially with the house and
principal and central feature of the entrance front, terminating in a fan-shaped plantation with radial
which faces north, is the carved stone porch shown grass paths. Internally, the central portion of
in the accompanying coloured illustration. On the south front is occupied by a hall furnished with
the south side the central panels of tapestry framed in oak, and communi-
. feature is a semicircular eating by a wide corridor with the front entrance.
- portico with Ionic columns, The dining-room and drawing-room on the same
which also serves as a side are both panelled in wood to the ceiling, and
k.tchen balcony to a sitting-room on the north side the billiard-room has large
I above. In other respects tapestry panels framed in deal painted white.
• W M The ground floor also con-
'MJJ A~ tains a smoking-room, lava-
■ES355iSBBBf tory, and the usual suite of
domestic offices, which form
■JL- a one-story wing. The first
floor contains a sitting-room,
'W eight bed and dressing-rooms,
/ bath-rooms, etc., and there
:::v:_v;::;;;m. are eight bed-rooms in the
lii ii i \\~w attic story. The general con-
tractors for the building
were Messrs. Trollope &
PLAN AND PERSPECTIVE OF PROPOSED HOUSE AT HAMPSTEAD R. F. JOHNSTON, ARCHITECT
*39