DOI Heft:
No. 229 (April 1912)
DOI Artikel:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21156#0237
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
a large playroom, four servants’ bedrooms, a sewing-
room, and other accommodation. The house stands
on a raised site, with long terrace lawns on the
south side, and embankment walls built of rubble
stone, while several flights of steps descend to the
larger lawns and gardens. A lodge, with ample
accommodation for motor-cars, chauffeurs, and
gardener is provided at the entrance to the drive,
and is designed in keeping with the general
character of the house.
An interesting detail of garden architecture is
shown in the illustration of a granite gateway de-
signedby Mr. Thomas H. Mawson for Major Bolitho.
Mr. Mawson was entrusted with the design of the
entire garden scheme at Major Bolitho’s estate
in Devonshire on the verge of Dartmoor. The
granite is of local origin, and has been used for the
house as well as the garden walls and terrace.
On the same page we illustrate a house entrance
by Messrs. Parker and Unwin, which presents a
pleasing variation from the usual &ype of entrance
to country houses of moderate size.
The two remaining houses of which illustrations
are given this month are situated next door to one
another in a suburb of Vienna and both have been
designed and built by the same architect, Herr
Franz Krasny (or Frantisek Krasny to give him
his correct name, for he is a native of Bohemia).
The two houses (both are shown in each illustra-
tion) are what would be called “villas” and are
built in three stories—a “ souterrain ” or basement
(or rather half-basement in this case), a hall floor,
and a floor above with bedroom accommodation.
The domestic offices in the first of the two houses
are all in the basement, the hall floor containing
the dining-room (Speisezimmer), living-room
(Wohnzimmer), and other apartments, the dining-
room being roughly 6 metres square (nearly 20 ft.).
In the other house, which is the residence of the
architect himself, the basement contains his studio,
“the moorings,” sunningdale, berks: the hall
DESIGNED BY T. E. COLLCOTT, F.R.I.B.A. (COLLCUTT AND HAMP), ARCHITECT
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a large playroom, four servants’ bedrooms, a sewing-
room, and other accommodation. The house stands
on a raised site, with long terrace lawns on the
south side, and embankment walls built of rubble
stone, while several flights of steps descend to the
larger lawns and gardens. A lodge, with ample
accommodation for motor-cars, chauffeurs, and
gardener is provided at the entrance to the drive,
and is designed in keeping with the general
character of the house.
An interesting detail of garden architecture is
shown in the illustration of a granite gateway de-
signedby Mr. Thomas H. Mawson for Major Bolitho.
Mr. Mawson was entrusted with the design of the
entire garden scheme at Major Bolitho’s estate
in Devonshire on the verge of Dartmoor. The
granite is of local origin, and has been used for the
house as well as the garden walls and terrace.
On the same page we illustrate a house entrance
by Messrs. Parker and Unwin, which presents a
pleasing variation from the usual &ype of entrance
to country houses of moderate size.
The two remaining houses of which illustrations
are given this month are situated next door to one
another in a suburb of Vienna and both have been
designed and built by the same architect, Herr
Franz Krasny (or Frantisek Krasny to give him
his correct name, for he is a native of Bohemia).
The two houses (both are shown in each illustra-
tion) are what would be called “villas” and are
built in three stories—a “ souterrain ” or basement
(or rather half-basement in this case), a hall floor,
and a floor above with bedroom accommodation.
The domestic offices in the first of the two houses
are all in the basement, the hall floor containing
the dining-room (Speisezimmer), living-room
(Wohnzimmer), and other apartments, the dining-
room being roughly 6 metres square (nearly 20 ft.).
In the other house, which is the residence of the
architect himself, the basement contains his studio,
“the moorings,” sunningdale, berks: the hall
DESIGNED BY T. E. COLLCOTT, F.R.I.B.A. (COLLCUTT AND HAMP), ARCHITECT
2l6