DOI article:
Scott, Mackay H. Baillie: Small country houses and cottages
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SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES AND COTTAGES
HOUSE IN THE MIDLANDS-GARDEN FRONT
M. H. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITECT
In the plans and sketches which illustrate this article some examples
have been selected from small houses in various parts of England. Of
these the house near Woking (pp. 2 and 3) was designed in response to
the desire for a large central open timber hall with gallery (p. 5). This
type of plan demands the use of the ground floor for some of the bed-
rooms. The cost was about £1100. The house in Bedfordshire (p. 6)
cost £450 to build some few years ago. The main points to be noted
about it are the roomy porch, which allows of separate access from the
front door to parlour and living-room, and the combination of the two
sitting-rooms by a wide doorway between them. The three gables
which form the south front are covered with silver-grey elm weather-
boarding. The house near Bookham (p. 7) has not yet been built, but
the price recently obtained from a builder is£750. This has somewhat
the same characteristics as the last scheme, the rooms being large and
the whole of the south front is overhung. The house in Sussex (pp. 8
and 9) is larger, and a natural slope in the site led to different levels in
the floors. The fire-
places are ingles of
the simple cottage
kind. The cost was
about £1100. The
house in the Mid-
lands(pp. ioand 11)
gives another exam-
ple of the combined
sitting-room type of
plan, with some
irregularity in the
form of the rooms.
It cost about £ 1 500.
PLAN OF HOUSE IN THE MIDLANDS
HOUSE IN THE MIDLANDS-GARDEN FRONT
M. H. BAILLIE SCOTT, ARCHITECT
In the plans and sketches which illustrate this article some examples
have been selected from small houses in various parts of England. Of
these the house near Woking (pp. 2 and 3) was designed in response to
the desire for a large central open timber hall with gallery (p. 5). This
type of plan demands the use of the ground floor for some of the bed-
rooms. The cost was about £1100. The house in Bedfordshire (p. 6)
cost £450 to build some few years ago. The main points to be noted
about it are the roomy porch, which allows of separate access from the
front door to parlour and living-room, and the combination of the two
sitting-rooms by a wide doorway between them. The three gables
which form the south front are covered with silver-grey elm weather-
boarding. The house near Bookham (p. 7) has not yet been built, but
the price recently obtained from a builder is£750. This has somewhat
the same characteristics as the last scheme, the rooms being large and
the whole of the south front is overhung. The house in Sussex (pp. 8
and 9) is larger, and a natural slope in the site led to different levels in
the floors. The fire-
places are ingles of
the simple cottage
kind. The cost was
about £1100. The
house in the Mid-
lands(pp. ioand 11)
gives another exam-
ple of the combined
sitting-room type of
plan, with some
irregularity in the
form of the rooms.
It cost about £ 1 500.
PLAN OF HOUSE IN THE MIDLANDS