DOI Heft:
No. 232 (July 1912)
DOI Artikel:Recent designs ind domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21157#0155
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
Recent designs in domestic
ARCHITECTURE.
The house of which a ground plan and
two elevations are given on the next page has been
designed by Mr. R. F. Johnston, of London, for a
secluded situation within easy reach of Guildford,
in Surrey. It has a symmetrical elevation to the
entrance front, while the south or garden elevation
is grouped together by two gables, being in sym-
pathy with the broad Georgian outlines of the north
elevation. The arrangement of the plan is simple
and needs little further explanation. On the ground
floor the dining-room is the largest, measuring
23 feet by 16 feet; the drawing-room is slightly
BUST OF THE RIGHT HON. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.
( Royal Academy)
smaller. On the floor above are four large bed-
rooms, and in the roof two for servants. The
materials used for the elevations are rough hand-
made red tiles for the roof, with sweeping valleys.
The walls are in roughcast. The quoins and
chimneys are built of small hand-inside red bricks.
There is a formal garden, which has been planned
according to designs by the architect.
Among the Welsh mountains certain conditions
of climate prevail which should largely dictate the
method of building. Wind and weather are at
times very rough, and the rainfall is considerably
above the average for England. This suggests
that the walls should be thick and the windows
not too large; flimsiness should in every way be
avoided. Sash windows
are more practical than
casements, except in very
sheltered places. These
principles have been
adopted in the design of the
house illustrated onp. 135.
“ Rhowniar ” is the name
of a small estate not far
from Aberdovey, and the
house is being built from
the design of Mr. O. P.
Milne upon a small shel-
tered plateau well up on
the hillside, whence it will
command fine views of
mountain and sea. Some
difficulty was experienced
in getting a road up to
the site, but by carefully
scheming this round the
contours of the hill and by
cutting through the rock
at one point it has been
contrived without any very
steep gradients. The
house itself will stand on
a terrace, below which
will be a small formal
garden and lawn. No
great amount of garden is
needed for a house in such
surroundings, only just
enough to give a setting to
the house in the midst of
its natural environment, to
harmonise with which it
has been designed. The
BY COURTENAY POLLOCK . , ...
root is to be covered with
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Recent designs in domestic
ARCHITECTURE.
The house of which a ground plan and
two elevations are given on the next page has been
designed by Mr. R. F. Johnston, of London, for a
secluded situation within easy reach of Guildford,
in Surrey. It has a symmetrical elevation to the
entrance front, while the south or garden elevation
is grouped together by two gables, being in sym-
pathy with the broad Georgian outlines of the north
elevation. The arrangement of the plan is simple
and needs little further explanation. On the ground
floor the dining-room is the largest, measuring
23 feet by 16 feet; the drawing-room is slightly
BUST OF THE RIGHT HON. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.
( Royal Academy)
smaller. On the floor above are four large bed-
rooms, and in the roof two for servants. The
materials used for the elevations are rough hand-
made red tiles for the roof, with sweeping valleys.
The walls are in roughcast. The quoins and
chimneys are built of small hand-inside red bricks.
There is a formal garden, which has been planned
according to designs by the architect.
Among the Welsh mountains certain conditions
of climate prevail which should largely dictate the
method of building. Wind and weather are at
times very rough, and the rainfall is considerably
above the average for England. This suggests
that the walls should be thick and the windows
not too large; flimsiness should in every way be
avoided. Sash windows
are more practical than
casements, except in very
sheltered places. These
principles have been
adopted in the design of the
house illustrated onp. 135.
“ Rhowniar ” is the name
of a small estate not far
from Aberdovey, and the
house is being built from
the design of Mr. O. P.
Milne upon a small shel-
tered plateau well up on
the hillside, whence it will
command fine views of
mountain and sea. Some
difficulty was experienced
in getting a road up to
the site, but by carefully
scheming this round the
contours of the hill and by
cutting through the rock
at one point it has been
contrived without any very
steep gradients. The
house itself will stand on
a terrace, below which
will be a small formal
garden and lawn. No
great amount of garden is
needed for a house in such
surroundings, only just
enough to give a setting to
the house in the midst of
its natural environment, to
harmonise with which it
has been designed. The
BY COURTENAY POLLOCK . , ...
root is to be covered with
r33