DOI issue:
No. 204 (March, 1910)
DOI article:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20969#0158
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
is a fine oak staircase leading to the first floor.
The gallery over the great hall, which is supported
by fluted oak columns, is well lighted by the stair-
case windows. On the first floor there are seven
commodious bedrooms, two dressing - rooms, a
housekeeper’s room, box-room, bath-room and
lavatory, and on the same floor there are two sets
of sanitary appliances at opposite ends of the
house on the north wing. There is also ample
cupboard room accommodation on this floor. A
servants’ staircase leads from the offices on the
ground floor to the second floor, where there are
servants’ bedrooms, a large box-room, &c., &c.
“ Watling Gate,” Timperley, Cheshire, is built in
a rural setting, immediately to the south of that
portion of the famous Roman highway, the
Watling Street. Simplicity is the keynote to the
design, and homely comfort with an entire absence
of bijou residence “prettiness” has been the aim
of the architects from first to last. Based upon
the general lines suggested by many an old
Cheshire homestead, the plain colour-wash of the
walls, and the soft-toned, grey flag-slates of the
roof combine to produce a home which harmonises
admirably with its landscape environment. A
conspicuous feature of the interior is the large hall
or “ house place,” with its open timber roof and
cosy chimney corner. The withdrawing - room
opens out of this chamber on the same level, and
the dining-room is also reached by a set of some
five or six steps down, with the kitchen offices on
the same level. The mam staircase leads up to the
bedchamber gallery, bounding two sides of the hall
and only 6 feet above in floor level. The illustra-
tion of the hall on page 136 gives a very fair idea
of the ample proportions and homely character of
this interior. Another feature of the house is a
large roof-garden or sun-bath, approached only by
a staircase from the bath-
room. The architects,
Messrs. Newton & Bayley,
of Manchester, have, in
this as in other country
homes designed by them
in Cheshire and Oxford-
shire, studiously avoided
the importation of outside
materials, and relied en-
tirely on local materials;
and, as already mentioned,
they have, as regards de-
sign, made a point of
following local tradition.
Referring to the article on “Country Cottages
and their Gardens” which appeared in our January
issue, Mr. C. E. Mallows, to whom all the illus-
trations were ascribed, requests us to state that
the name of Mr. Avray Tipping, F.S.A., should
have appeared under the first one — that of a
holiday cottage in Monmouthshire adapted from
an old cider mill — Mr. Tipping having been
responsible for the alterations to the house as
well as for the gardens.
WATLING GATE, TIMPERLEY. GROUND PLAN.
NEWTON & BAYLEY, ARCHITECTS
135
is a fine oak staircase leading to the first floor.
The gallery over the great hall, which is supported
by fluted oak columns, is well lighted by the stair-
case windows. On the first floor there are seven
commodious bedrooms, two dressing - rooms, a
housekeeper’s room, box-room, bath-room and
lavatory, and on the same floor there are two sets
of sanitary appliances at opposite ends of the
house on the north wing. There is also ample
cupboard room accommodation on this floor. A
servants’ staircase leads from the offices on the
ground floor to the second floor, where there are
servants’ bedrooms, a large box-room, &c., &c.
“ Watling Gate,” Timperley, Cheshire, is built in
a rural setting, immediately to the south of that
portion of the famous Roman highway, the
Watling Street. Simplicity is the keynote to the
design, and homely comfort with an entire absence
of bijou residence “prettiness” has been the aim
of the architects from first to last. Based upon
the general lines suggested by many an old
Cheshire homestead, the plain colour-wash of the
walls, and the soft-toned, grey flag-slates of the
roof combine to produce a home which harmonises
admirably with its landscape environment. A
conspicuous feature of the interior is the large hall
or “ house place,” with its open timber roof and
cosy chimney corner. The withdrawing - room
opens out of this chamber on the same level, and
the dining-room is also reached by a set of some
five or six steps down, with the kitchen offices on
the same level. The mam staircase leads up to the
bedchamber gallery, bounding two sides of the hall
and only 6 feet above in floor level. The illustra-
tion of the hall on page 136 gives a very fair idea
of the ample proportions and homely character of
this interior. Another feature of the house is a
large roof-garden or sun-bath, approached only by
a staircase from the bath-
room. The architects,
Messrs. Newton & Bayley,
of Manchester, have, in
this as in other country
homes designed by them
in Cheshire and Oxford-
shire, studiously avoided
the importation of outside
materials, and relied en-
tirely on local materials;
and, as already mentioned,
they have, as regards de-
sign, made a point of
following local tradition.
Referring to the article on “Country Cottages
and their Gardens” which appeared in our January
issue, Mr. C. E. Mallows, to whom all the illus-
trations were ascribed, requests us to state that
the name of Mr. Avray Tipping, F.S.A., should
have appeared under the first one — that of a
holiday cottage in Monmouthshire adapted from
an old cider mill — Mr. Tipping having been
responsible for the alterations to the house as
well as for the gardens.
WATLING GATE, TIMPERLEY. GROUND PLAN.
NEWTON & BAYLEY, ARCHITECTS
135