DOI issue:
No. 344 (November 1912)
DOI article:Domestic architecture and decoration, [4]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21393#0232
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AND arrangements, as a glance at the per-
DECORATION. 0 0 0 0 spective and plans will show. The
attractive features of the design are the
N the Architectural Room at the Royal ample river room and the courtyard with
I
Academy Exhibition of 1913 there was its tiny but refreshing garden. 0 0
shown an almost romantic water-colour A few words may be said in regard "to
from the capable hand of Mr. Charles the interior. The classic details and the
Gascoyne, who has so often given true rigid simplicity at first leave an impression
artistic value to architectural themes, of coldness, which the marble floors
The subject of the drawing was " No. 129 accentuate. But this is only a fleeting
Grosvenor Road, Westminster," and the criticism and one is soon impressed by
exhibitors were Messrs. G. & A. Gilbert the general effect. The carpets and
Scott. The original drawing is repro- curtains are black against white marble
duced opposite. It was natural that the surrounds, and subdued tapestries form
project for this residence in Grosvenor panels on the walls. The furniture is
Road should attract attention, for it was mostly in silver and dark blue, while the
revealed in a poetic manner, and the name doors and other fittings have a bron^e-
of Gilbert Scott carried one's thoughts like patina of green. Altogether this is
to the new Liverpool Cathedral, as well a distinctive Town House, and, especially
as to other interesting modern work. In in the brighter seasons of the year, it has
addition to these recommendations, unbounded possibilities as a haven of rest,
curiosity was awakened by the fact that
some one in London proposed to have a
town residence with a river frontage. 0
The time which has elapsed since 1913
has enabled the project to be realised,
though not so quickly as would have been
the case had the work not been interrupted
by the War. Occupation has wrought a
few changes and others may be made in
due course, but as it stands the residence
virtually follows the design. 000
Situated a short distance west of Vauxhall
Bridge, it is almost within touch of that
miniature open space known as Pimlico
Gardens. This pretty spot and the
spacious Embankment serve as a con-
trast to the features around, for there
are great works and factories within sight,
and it is the Industrial Thames which
confronts the passer-by. It required a
certain amount of courage to select such
a site for a residence, even though it was
not the client's intention to live there
exclusively. 0^000
The first essential in planning the house
was to secure ground floor accommoda-
tion on one level, the prospective owner,
so far as he himself was concerned,
wishing to avoid stairs entirely. Hence
such details as carpets let into the floors
and a communication room between the
vestibule and the garage, affording a
straightforward means of egress. There plan of 129 grosvenor
a „ ... . b . . road. g. and a. gil-
is no flat-like monotony, however, in the bert scott, architects
216
DECORATION. 0 0 0 0 spective and plans will show. The
attractive features of the design are the
N the Architectural Room at the Royal ample river room and the courtyard with
I
Academy Exhibition of 1913 there was its tiny but refreshing garden. 0 0
shown an almost romantic water-colour A few words may be said in regard "to
from the capable hand of Mr. Charles the interior. The classic details and the
Gascoyne, who has so often given true rigid simplicity at first leave an impression
artistic value to architectural themes, of coldness, which the marble floors
The subject of the drawing was " No. 129 accentuate. But this is only a fleeting
Grosvenor Road, Westminster," and the criticism and one is soon impressed by
exhibitors were Messrs. G. & A. Gilbert the general effect. The carpets and
Scott. The original drawing is repro- curtains are black against white marble
duced opposite. It was natural that the surrounds, and subdued tapestries form
project for this residence in Grosvenor panels on the walls. The furniture is
Road should attract attention, for it was mostly in silver and dark blue, while the
revealed in a poetic manner, and the name doors and other fittings have a bron^e-
of Gilbert Scott carried one's thoughts like patina of green. Altogether this is
to the new Liverpool Cathedral, as well a distinctive Town House, and, especially
as to other interesting modern work. In in the brighter seasons of the year, it has
addition to these recommendations, unbounded possibilities as a haven of rest,
curiosity was awakened by the fact that
some one in London proposed to have a
town residence with a river frontage. 0
The time which has elapsed since 1913
has enabled the project to be realised,
though not so quickly as would have been
the case had the work not been interrupted
by the War. Occupation has wrought a
few changes and others may be made in
due course, but as it stands the residence
virtually follows the design. 000
Situated a short distance west of Vauxhall
Bridge, it is almost within touch of that
miniature open space known as Pimlico
Gardens. This pretty spot and the
spacious Embankment serve as a con-
trast to the features around, for there
are great works and factories within sight,
and it is the Industrial Thames which
confronts the passer-by. It required a
certain amount of courage to select such
a site for a residence, even though it was
not the client's intention to live there
exclusively. 0^000
The first essential in planning the house
was to secure ground floor accommoda-
tion on one level, the prospective owner,
so far as he himself was concerned,
wishing to avoid stairs entirely. Hence
such details as carpets let into the floors
and a communication room between the
vestibule and the garage, affording a
straightforward means of egress. There plan of 129 grosvenor
a „ ... . b . . road. g. and a. gil-
is no flat-like monotony, however, in the bert scott, architects
216