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Recent designs in domestic architecture
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Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
drawing-room at Rossdhu, Luss, the residence of
Sir Ian Colquhoun, by Mr. Wm. Hunter McNab,
F.R.I.B.A., Glasgow. The room is of late Re-
naissance design, with walls panelled in Austrian
oak, waxed slightly and polished; above which is a
heavily embellished cornice, from which springs a
segmental ceiling with sections panelled out by
Mr. George Bankart in ornamental plaster, having
a motif of intertwined roses and vine leaves and
acorns and oak leaves alternately. The tympani
at the ends of the room contain the family arms
modelled in plaster; at the north end and over the
window, the crest, with motto and badge at the
opposite end. The exhibition contained two other
examples of domestic work by this architect. One of
them, “Newstead,” is at Bearsden, lying north-west
of Glasgow. The keynote of this residence is its
simplicity. In the external treatment hollow brick
walls have been used, faced with Portland cement
and then rough-casted. The porch, which is illus-
trated, was framed with solid Kauri pine, the oriel
windows being similarly treated. A feature of the
hall is the open timbered roof, the panelling there
and finishings generally being of New Zealand
Kauri pine, stained in a simple way of a grey
colour, with plain self-coloured papers on mid walls
and friezes, and ceilings finished in soft white.
The other exhibit is of “ Beneffrey,” a large Glasgow
suburban house, of which an illustration and
description will be given on another occasion.
Messrs. Maclaren, Sons, and Soutar, of Dundee,
had three exhibits. “ Tillyloss,” Dundee, possesses
an excellent garden house which is illustrated on p.
117. The roof is covered with old Fifeshire pantiles,
and the interior is panelled in Australian pine left
in its natural colour. For the walls of the house
itself Dumfriesshire stone has been used, finished
rough-cast; and internally the hall, drawing-room,
and library are finished in oak. The well designed
fireplaces were made by the Scottish Guild of
Handicraft. The colour sketches for “ Craigie-
barns,” Dundee, for R. R. Smith, Esq., were
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ROSSDHU, LUSS, DUMBARTONSHIRE : THE DRAWING-ROOM (GENERAL VIEW)
W. HUNTER MCNAB, F.R.I.B.A., ARCHITECT
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drawing-room at Rossdhu, Luss, the residence of
Sir Ian Colquhoun, by Mr. Wm. Hunter McNab,
F.R.I.B.A., Glasgow. The room is of late Re-
naissance design, with walls panelled in Austrian
oak, waxed slightly and polished; above which is a
heavily embellished cornice, from which springs a
segmental ceiling with sections panelled out by
Mr. George Bankart in ornamental plaster, having
a motif of intertwined roses and vine leaves and
acorns and oak leaves alternately. The tympani
at the ends of the room contain the family arms
modelled in plaster; at the north end and over the
window, the crest, with motto and badge at the
opposite end. The exhibition contained two other
examples of domestic work by this architect. One of
them, “Newstead,” is at Bearsden, lying north-west
of Glasgow. The keynote of this residence is its
simplicity. In the external treatment hollow brick
walls have been used, faced with Portland cement
and then rough-casted. The porch, which is illus-
trated, was framed with solid Kauri pine, the oriel
windows being similarly treated. A feature of the
hall is the open timbered roof, the panelling there
and finishings generally being of New Zealand
Kauri pine, stained in a simple way of a grey
colour, with plain self-coloured papers on mid walls
and friezes, and ceilings finished in soft white.
The other exhibit is of “ Beneffrey,” a large Glasgow
suburban house, of which an illustration and
description will be given on another occasion.
Messrs. Maclaren, Sons, and Soutar, of Dundee,
had three exhibits. “ Tillyloss,” Dundee, possesses
an excellent garden house which is illustrated on p.
117. The roof is covered with old Fifeshire pantiles,
and the interior is panelled in Australian pine left
in its natural colour. For the walls of the house
itself Dumfriesshire stone has been used, finished
rough-cast; and internally the hall, drawing-room,
and library are finished in oak. The well designed
fireplaces were made by the Scottish Guild of
Handicraft. The colour sketches for “ Craigie-
barns,” Dundee, for R. R. Smith, Esq., were
HHN
ROSSDHU, LUSS, DUMBARTONSHIRE : THE DRAWING-ROOM (GENERAL VIEW)
W. HUNTER MCNAB, F.R.I.B.A., ARCHITECT
Il8