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of the road, and the garden on the natural ground-
line. All the best rooms face south, and the sunk
garden in front of the loggia is a feature of the
scheme. The materials which are being used in
the construction of the house are mixed hand-made
bricks and dark hand-made tiles for the roof. The
entrance porch can be reached without passing
through the hall, and as there is a good back stair-
case this can be used as a room. There are seven
bedrooms and two dressing-rooms, and above them
a long attic play-room for the children which runs
nearly the whole length of the house.

“ The White House ” at Shiplake, of which illus-
trations are given on this page and overleaf, is a
summer residence built on the banks of the Thames
from the designs of Mr. George Walton. The lawns
extend right down to the water’s edge, where is
moored the “ Log Cabin ” houseboat constructed
and equipped from Mr. Walton’s designs. The
position of this houseboat, of which some illus-
trations were given in an earlier number of The
Studio (Vol. xli, pages 62-3) has been considered
in working out the garden scheme. All the garden
pathways and the pergola and water garden are

HOUSE AT EALING, MIDDLESEX

P. MORLEY HORDER, F.R.I.B.A., ARCHITECT

paved with York stone flags, having wide joints.
The house itself is entirely white with the excep-
tion of the base, which is grey brick and light
red-coloured bricks, wood-burnt. The roof tiles
are white delft, and give the effect of a white-
washed roof. The brickwork is rough cement-
faced, lime-washed; the windows, doors, shutters,
and ironwork are all painted white. The balconies

DINING-ROOM OF “THE WHITE HOUSE,” SHIPLAKE,
OXON. DESIGNED BY GEORGE WALTON

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