DOI Heft:
No. 255 (July 1914)
DOI Artikel:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21210#0138
Recent Designs in Domestic ArcJiitectnve
store has been placed in the corner of the courtyard a homelike appearance hardly attained in other
in order to balance the grouping : it has also been ways. By the use of old materials of this kind
adapted as a pigeon cote. There is a raised much of the charm of an old house is obtained
terrace on the south side paved with red bricks from the very first. The external walls are of hand-
laid in patterns, the main roof being brought over made bricks whose purplish tone is lightened by
to form a shelter so that meals can be served here dressings of a brighter colour and alsq by the
in the summer months. occasional use of stone. Stables and garage lie to
The majority of architects in the course of their the left of the forecourt and have been contrived
practice come to specialise in one or other type of to group pleasantly with the house and as far as
building and Messrs. Gerald Unsworth and Inigo such buildings permit have been brought into
Triggs have devoted their attention to the develop- obvious relation with the main building. Oak and
ment of domestic architecture upon the broad teak enter largely into the construction of the
traditional lines that marked the buildings of the late house and the walls of the principal rooms have
William Frederick Unsworth, examples of which been lined with small Dutch bricks,
have been illustrated in this magazine and in " The The villa near Dresden designed by the architect
Studio Year Book of Decorative Art" at various Dr. Otto Schubert (p. 121) is situated on the side of
times. A country house recently erected from their a hill looking due south and commands a very wide
designs is shown in the coloured illustration here view over the valley of the Elbe, two cogent reasons
given. Stoke Barn is a typical example of a woodland for arranging all the living rooms along the one side of
house, and every care has been taken to preserve the house. Even in the suburbs of a town and even
the natural surroundings of a singularly beautiful on the slope of a hill like this, the one thing that is
site. It will be seen that the site of the house expensive in Germany is ground : therefore archi-
itself covers a considerable area, the length from tects are compelled to devise compact ground plans
end to end being about 175 feet. The irregularity of and cannot spread a house over as much ground as
the plan has been suggested by the aspect and views, English architects can. The roof is covered with
and it will be observed that the principal room is flat, red tiles in double layers, the rough-cast walls
so placed as to get a maximum of sunlight and air. are tinted a delicate pinkish white, the lineal designs
As befits a house on such a site, half timbered in the upper stories being incised in the surface and
construction enters largely into the design. The the square grooves painted a deep yellow ochre,
difficulties of obtaining thoroughly seasoned oak
led the architects to make use of oak timbers from
old buildings weathered to a fine silvery hue, and
the internal oak floors were also obtained from old
buildings. The roof is of old stone slates, which in
their delightful variety of colouring give the house
GROUND FLOOQ PLAN
r r r
GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF STOKE BARN, FULMER GERALD UNSWORTH AND INIGO TRIGGS, ARCHITECTS
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store has been placed in the corner of the courtyard a homelike appearance hardly attained in other
in order to balance the grouping : it has also been ways. By the use of old materials of this kind
adapted as a pigeon cote. There is a raised much of the charm of an old house is obtained
terrace on the south side paved with red bricks from the very first. The external walls are of hand-
laid in patterns, the main roof being brought over made bricks whose purplish tone is lightened by
to form a shelter so that meals can be served here dressings of a brighter colour and alsq by the
in the summer months. occasional use of stone. Stables and garage lie to
The majority of architects in the course of their the left of the forecourt and have been contrived
practice come to specialise in one or other type of to group pleasantly with the house and as far as
building and Messrs. Gerald Unsworth and Inigo such buildings permit have been brought into
Triggs have devoted their attention to the develop- obvious relation with the main building. Oak and
ment of domestic architecture upon the broad teak enter largely into the construction of the
traditional lines that marked the buildings of the late house and the walls of the principal rooms have
William Frederick Unsworth, examples of which been lined with small Dutch bricks,
have been illustrated in this magazine and in " The The villa near Dresden designed by the architect
Studio Year Book of Decorative Art" at various Dr. Otto Schubert (p. 121) is situated on the side of
times. A country house recently erected from their a hill looking due south and commands a very wide
designs is shown in the coloured illustration here view over the valley of the Elbe, two cogent reasons
given. Stoke Barn is a typical example of a woodland for arranging all the living rooms along the one side of
house, and every care has been taken to preserve the house. Even in the suburbs of a town and even
the natural surroundings of a singularly beautiful on the slope of a hill like this, the one thing that is
site. It will be seen that the site of the house expensive in Germany is ground : therefore archi-
itself covers a considerable area, the length from tects are compelled to devise compact ground plans
end to end being about 175 feet. The irregularity of and cannot spread a house over as much ground as
the plan has been suggested by the aspect and views, English architects can. The roof is covered with
and it will be observed that the principal room is flat, red tiles in double layers, the rough-cast walls
so placed as to get a maximum of sunlight and air. are tinted a delicate pinkish white, the lineal designs
As befits a house on such a site, half timbered in the upper stories being incised in the surface and
construction enters largely into the design. The the square grooves painted a deep yellow ochre,
difficulties of obtaining thoroughly seasoned oak
led the architects to make use of oak timbers from
old buildings weathered to a fine silvery hue, and
the internal oak floors were also obtained from old
buildings. The roof is of old stone slates, which in
their delightful variety of colouring give the house
GROUND FLOOQ PLAN
r r r
GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF STOKE BARN, FULMER GERALD UNSWORTH AND INIGO TRIGGS, ARCHITECTS
Il8