DOI Heft:
Nr. 212 (November 1910)
DOI Artikel:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20971#0157
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
THE DOROTHY BOOT HOMES FOR VETERANS THE COMMON ROOM
W. R. GLEAVE, ARCHITECT
side of the house, and giving a pleasant note of
colour immediately on entering. The parlour over-
looks a small enclosed garden bounded by yew
hedges with a water pool in the centre, and a small
loggia facing west also opens out of the parlour
with steps leading down to the lawns and other
gardens. As the ground falls rather quickly on
the north side, a raised terrace by the house, with
steps from it, makes a pleasant feature and gives
the appearance of a strong base to the house.
The stables, garage and coach-
man’s cottage are all arranged
with the house, and embodied
in one scheme with the drive
leading direct, and a fore-
court in front of the house.
Inside, the house has been
treated very simply, with
mahogany doors to the various
rooms and white panelling in
the parlour and hall, etc., and
oak floors, the general en-
deavour having been to
design a house with as little
expense in eventual upkeep
as possible.
The house in North Bed-
fordshire, designed by Mr.
A. P. Starkey, of Bedford,
although particularly symme-
trical in balance, has lost very
few of the practical require-
ments necessary. The West
136
wing may be called the
“ reception ” portion of
the house, comprising a
drawing room looking on
to the terrace and com-
municating at the western
end with the covered court
shown in the perspective
drawing (p. 138), a boudoir
or sitting-room for the lady
of the house, a gun-room,
and a billiard-room large
enough to take a full-sized
table; while in the East
wing are located the dining-
room (communicating with
another covered court like
the one at the other end),
the kitchen and other do-
mestic offices, the two wings
being connected by a
large hall measuring 45 feet by 16 feet, and lighted
by seven windows looking on to the terrace. The
entrance to the house is on the northern side
through a rectangular forecourt. The first floor
carries out the same idea—the West wing together
with the South front containing the principal bed-
rooms, arranged as far as possible with their own
dressing and bathrooms en suite. The East wing,
to which access is given by a separate staircase,
contains day and night nurseries, a “ sewing-room ”
5CALE OF FEET
L ' LOGGIA
P - PARLOVR
H * HALL
BR ■ BVSINESSR/V
DR • DINING-RM-
K • KITCHEN
5 * 5CVLLEKY
SH - 5ERVANT3 HAU'
PLAN OF HOUSE AT HEADLEY HEATH, SURREY
E. GUY DAWBER, ARCHITECT
THE DOROTHY BOOT HOMES FOR VETERANS THE COMMON ROOM
W. R. GLEAVE, ARCHITECT
side of the house, and giving a pleasant note of
colour immediately on entering. The parlour over-
looks a small enclosed garden bounded by yew
hedges with a water pool in the centre, and a small
loggia facing west also opens out of the parlour
with steps leading down to the lawns and other
gardens. As the ground falls rather quickly on
the north side, a raised terrace by the house, with
steps from it, makes a pleasant feature and gives
the appearance of a strong base to the house.
The stables, garage and coach-
man’s cottage are all arranged
with the house, and embodied
in one scheme with the drive
leading direct, and a fore-
court in front of the house.
Inside, the house has been
treated very simply, with
mahogany doors to the various
rooms and white panelling in
the parlour and hall, etc., and
oak floors, the general en-
deavour having been to
design a house with as little
expense in eventual upkeep
as possible.
The house in North Bed-
fordshire, designed by Mr.
A. P. Starkey, of Bedford,
although particularly symme-
trical in balance, has lost very
few of the practical require-
ments necessary. The West
136
wing may be called the
“ reception ” portion of
the house, comprising a
drawing room looking on
to the terrace and com-
municating at the western
end with the covered court
shown in the perspective
drawing (p. 138), a boudoir
or sitting-room for the lady
of the house, a gun-room,
and a billiard-room large
enough to take a full-sized
table; while in the East
wing are located the dining-
room (communicating with
another covered court like
the one at the other end),
the kitchen and other do-
mestic offices, the two wings
being connected by a
large hall measuring 45 feet by 16 feet, and lighted
by seven windows looking on to the terrace. The
entrance to the house is on the northern side
through a rectangular forecourt. The first floor
carries out the same idea—the West wing together
with the South front containing the principal bed-
rooms, arranged as far as possible with their own
dressing and bathrooms en suite. The East wing,
to which access is given by a separate staircase,
contains day and night nurseries, a “ sewing-room ”
5CALE OF FEET
L ' LOGGIA
P - PARLOVR
H * HALL
BR ■ BVSINESSR/V
DR • DINING-RM-
K • KITCHEN
5 * 5CVLLEKY
SH - 5ERVANT3 HAU'
PLAN OF HOUSE AT HEADLEY HEATH, SURREY
E. GUY DAWBER, ARCHITECT