DOI article:
Triggs, Harry Inigo: Small country houses and cottages
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SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES AND COTTAGES
HAILIEj LIPHOOK
Provided the house
is well-planned it
will want little in
the way of orna-
ment.
Every house-owner
knows the import-
ance of avoiding un-
necessary expense in
the upkeep of a
house, and very
much can be done
to lessen labour by a
fewdeparturesfrom
theusually accepted
plan of a small
UNSWORTH AND XRIGGS, ARCHITECTS llOUSC. NotllingaS-
sistsaperfect organ-
isation of household affairs more than a well-considered planning of the
working parts of a house. The kitchen must be a business kitchen,
with the tradesman’s entrance so placed that a minimum amount of
through traffic allows the art and mystery of cooking to be pursued
without interruption.
In a small country house there seems to be no reason why the kitchen
and scullery should not be combined, with the scullery sink arranged
in a small recess. This is an economy in planning and also in clean-
ing. There can be no object in storing up the waste products of the
scullery, and the sooner they are outside the house the better. A good
plan is to provide a small zinc shoot, passing through the wall and
leading to a galvanised iron dustbin outside. Where the scullery is
combined with the kitchen, the pantry should be slightly increased
in size to serve as a small servants’ sitting-room and the place for their
meals. It should have three sets of cupboards—for glass, silver, and
china respectively-—
and the door should
be made to slide ra-
ther than open out-
wards. If another
cupboard or recess is
providedfor the stores
that are usually kept
under lock-and-key,
a further economy of
space is effected. An PLAN OF “ HAILIE,” LIPHOOK
OUTBUILDINGS
BEYOND
MORNING ROOM
HALL
KITCHEN
DRAWING ROOM
VERANDAH
SIX BEDROOMS ON
THE FIRST FLOOR
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HAILIEj LIPHOOK
Provided the house
is well-planned it
will want little in
the way of orna-
ment.
Every house-owner
knows the import-
ance of avoiding un-
necessary expense in
the upkeep of a
house, and very
much can be done
to lessen labour by a
fewdeparturesfrom
theusually accepted
plan of a small
UNSWORTH AND XRIGGS, ARCHITECTS llOUSC. NotllingaS-
sistsaperfect organ-
isation of household affairs more than a well-considered planning of the
working parts of a house. The kitchen must be a business kitchen,
with the tradesman’s entrance so placed that a minimum amount of
through traffic allows the art and mystery of cooking to be pursued
without interruption.
In a small country house there seems to be no reason why the kitchen
and scullery should not be combined, with the scullery sink arranged
in a small recess. This is an economy in planning and also in clean-
ing. There can be no object in storing up the waste products of the
scullery, and the sooner they are outside the house the better. A good
plan is to provide a small zinc shoot, passing through the wall and
leading to a galvanised iron dustbin outside. Where the scullery is
combined with the kitchen, the pantry should be slightly increased
in size to serve as a small servants’ sitting-room and the place for their
meals. It should have three sets of cupboards—for glass, silver, and
china respectively-—
and the door should
be made to slide ra-
ther than open out-
wards. If another
cupboard or recess is
providedfor the stores
that are usually kept
under lock-and-key,
a further economy of
space is effected. An PLAN OF “ HAILIE,” LIPHOOK
OUTBUILDINGS
BEYOND
MORNING ROOM
HALL
KITCHEN
DRAWING ROOM
VERANDAH
SIX BEDROOMS ON
THE FIRST FLOOR
l7