DOI issue:
No. 281 (August 1916)
DOI article:Recent designs in domestic architecture
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21262#0179
Recent Designs in Domestic Architecture
scale. Elsewhere he has found
scope, notably in the house at
Church End, Finchley, shown
below—a goodj example of
a compact, detached residence
erected at a minimum cost
within easy access of London.
It affords simple accommo-
dation for a small family and
is easily worked. The two
chief rooms on the ground
floor open into each other,
and a through draught from
the front garden to the back
is obtainable when desired.
On the first floor are four
bedrooms, a box-room, and
bath-room. The house is
built of rough stock bricks
whitewashed, and with
tiled roof. The ground at
the back is laid out 'partly
with the idea of utility, a
hedge screening the kitchen
garden from the remainder.
One of the most urgent
questions of the day is the
provision of housing ac-
commodation for people of
small means. Before the
War the dearth of habita-
tions of this class, in some
measure the outcome of
the hostile attitude of
the predominant political
party towards owners of
land and houses, was suffi-
ciently notorious to cause
grave concern, and now
that the War has necessi-
tated an almost complete
cessation of operations in
the building trade, the
shortage has reached an
acute phase. It has indeed
been estimated that the
deficiency amounts to not
far short of half a million
dwellings. To remedy this
crying evil is therefore one
of the great tasks which
HOUSE AT CHURCH END, FINCHLEY H. S. EAST, A.R.I.B.A., ARCHITECT the nation mUSt Set itself tO
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scale. Elsewhere he has found
scope, notably in the house at
Church End, Finchley, shown
below—a goodj example of
a compact, detached residence
erected at a minimum cost
within easy access of London.
It affords simple accommo-
dation for a small family and
is easily worked. The two
chief rooms on the ground
floor open into each other,
and a through draught from
the front garden to the back
is obtainable when desired.
On the first floor are four
bedrooms, a box-room, and
bath-room. The house is
built of rough stock bricks
whitewashed, and with
tiled roof. The ground at
the back is laid out 'partly
with the idea of utility, a
hedge screening the kitchen
garden from the remainder.
One of the most urgent
questions of the day is the
provision of housing ac-
commodation for people of
small means. Before the
War the dearth of habita-
tions of this class, in some
measure the outcome of
the hostile attitude of
the predominant political
party towards owners of
land and houses, was suffi-
ciently notorious to cause
grave concern, and now
that the War has necessi-
tated an almost complete
cessation of operations in
the building trade, the
shortage has reached an
acute phase. It has indeed
been estimated that the
deficiency amounts to not
far short of half a million
dwellings. To remedy this
crying evil is therefore one
of the great tasks which
HOUSE AT CHURCH END, FINCHLEY H. S. EAST, A.R.I.B.A., ARCHITECT the nation mUSt Set itself tO
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