The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1915)

SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES AND COTTAGES


HOUSE IN SUSSEX—GARDEN FRONT M. H. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITECT

and contract to a minimum in the apartments used by single members ot
the group. And since it is sufficiently obvious that, under the stress of
economical restrictions,it is desirable to purchase as much elbow-room
as possible, it follows that in the small house the ceilings should be low.
Ifwe consider that in building ahouse we are buyingsomany cubicfeet
of space, it is clear that it is better to dispose them horizontally rather
than vertically, as all thespaceabove our heads in a room is, economic-
ally considered, useless.
The desire to use the greatest possible amount of the space under the
roof for habitation makes it necessary that space should not be unduly
wasted in the roof and passages. In the ordinary terrace house plan,
with itsnarrowhall
and precipitate
staircase, it is the
custom to cut off
from the restricted
frontage a passage
right across the
whole house. A
rational considera-
tion of the problem,
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PLAN OF HOUSE IN SUSSEX