DOI Heft:
No. 247 (October 1913)
DOI Artikel:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21208#0076
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
porch on the north side of the house. The hall
and dining-room are panelled in oak, and the
drawing-room, opening from the hall, has a loggia
overlooking a green court. An interesting feature
of the house is the paved court with its open-air
breakfast-room on the south side, easily accessible
for service purposes. An oak staircase leads to
the first floor with nine bedrooms and two bath-
rooms. The gardens, which have been laid out by
the architects, are arranged upon several levels
connected with stone stairways and consisting of
terraces, pool gardens and small courts, all planned
to be in scale with the house, and contrived to get
the maximum shelter and privacy upon an exposed
hillside. The water-colour drawing from which
the illustration is reproduced, and which shows the
south front of the house, is by Mr. Fullwood.
Durford Wood, near Petersfield, has one of the
most charming sites in Hampshire, surrounded by
woodland scenery and overlooking the downs, and
in this case also the gardens have been laid out by
the architects. The exterior of the building is of
local bargate stone with half-timber construction of
teak. An old West Sussex tradition has been
revived in the filling in between the solid half-
timbered wrork with bargate stone instead of the
plaster, brick, or flint employed in other parts of
the country. The stone and timber form a very
agreeable combination of materials as they soon
weather and mellow to a delightful tone of colour
in harmony with the old tiles which have been used
for the roof. The drive approaches the forecourt
on the north, which is enclosed within stone walls
and overlooked by a picturesque dovecote. Garage
and outbuildings are grouped together on the north
side of the house. The plan has been arranged
so that the sitting-hall, which communicates direct
with the drawing-room at the south-west corner
of the house, does not become a passage and
that access to the front door is obtained without
passing through the sitting-hall. The dining-room
overlooks a sunken rose garden and a veranda
opens from it so that outdoor meals can be served
easily. An oak staircase in a central position leads
to the first floor with nine bedrooms and three
bathrooms, while in the attic story above are four
additional rooms for the use of the servants. The
water-colour drawing from which our coloured illus-
tration was made was exhibited at this year’s
exhibition of the Royal Academy.
The cottage at Steep, a village situated a short
distance from Petersfield, was built entirely of old
materials obtained by pulling down a mill that
formerly stood on its site. The lower parts of the
PLAN OF DURFORD WOOD, PETERSFIELD, HAMPSHIRE
54
UNSWORTH, SON AND TRIGGS, ARCHITECTS
porch on the north side of the house. The hall
and dining-room are panelled in oak, and the
drawing-room, opening from the hall, has a loggia
overlooking a green court. An interesting feature
of the house is the paved court with its open-air
breakfast-room on the south side, easily accessible
for service purposes. An oak staircase leads to
the first floor with nine bedrooms and two bath-
rooms. The gardens, which have been laid out by
the architects, are arranged upon several levels
connected with stone stairways and consisting of
terraces, pool gardens and small courts, all planned
to be in scale with the house, and contrived to get
the maximum shelter and privacy upon an exposed
hillside. The water-colour drawing from which
the illustration is reproduced, and which shows the
south front of the house, is by Mr. Fullwood.
Durford Wood, near Petersfield, has one of the
most charming sites in Hampshire, surrounded by
woodland scenery and overlooking the downs, and
in this case also the gardens have been laid out by
the architects. The exterior of the building is of
local bargate stone with half-timber construction of
teak. An old West Sussex tradition has been
revived in the filling in between the solid half-
timbered wrork with bargate stone instead of the
plaster, brick, or flint employed in other parts of
the country. The stone and timber form a very
agreeable combination of materials as they soon
weather and mellow to a delightful tone of colour
in harmony with the old tiles which have been used
for the roof. The drive approaches the forecourt
on the north, which is enclosed within stone walls
and overlooked by a picturesque dovecote. Garage
and outbuildings are grouped together on the north
side of the house. The plan has been arranged
so that the sitting-hall, which communicates direct
with the drawing-room at the south-west corner
of the house, does not become a passage and
that access to the front door is obtained without
passing through the sitting-hall. The dining-room
overlooks a sunken rose garden and a veranda
opens from it so that outdoor meals can be served
easily. An oak staircase in a central position leads
to the first floor with nine bedrooms and three
bathrooms, while in the attic story above are four
additional rooms for the use of the servants. The
water-colour drawing from which our coloured illus-
tration was made was exhibited at this year’s
exhibition of the Royal Academy.
The cottage at Steep, a village situated a short
distance from Petersfield, was built entirely of old
materials obtained by pulling down a mill that
formerly stood on its site. The lower parts of the
PLAN OF DURFORD WOOD, PETERSFIELD, HAMPSHIRE
54
UNSWORTH, SON AND TRIGGS, ARCHITECTS