DOI article:
Jones, Sydney R.: Small country houses and cottages
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SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES AND COTTAGES
HOUSE AT TILE HILL SYDNEY R. JONES AND H. W. HOBBISS, ARCHITECTS
poreal, so the domestic architecture of any period is much more than a
mere matter of brick and stone and timber, goes deeper than the con-
structional forms that meet the eye. It symbolises the spiritual and
mental, as well as the material condition of thecivilisation which brought
it into being. This much is a matter of fact, not of sentiment. Bricks and
stones, united in one whole, live to expressman’s hopes and aspirations,
his thoughts and ideals, and houses stand to show how the world of
necessity has been wedded to the world of romance with more or less
successfully adjusted proportion and varying good or bad taste.
No type of building is capable of bearing a more personal stamp than
the small house. It has an intimate appeal, for its very size brings about
a close association between the
dwelling and those who live in
it. Looking back over the archi-
tectural history of our country
it will be found that this has
always been the case. When
building was a living craft the
small houses and cottages pos-
sessed a certain individuality that
was in closest touch with the
thought of the populace.
Through periods of constant
change ideas, opinions, and
fashions have come and gone
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PLAN OF HOUSE AT TILE HILL
HOUSE AT TILE HILL SYDNEY R. JONES AND H. W. HOBBISS, ARCHITECTS
poreal, so the domestic architecture of any period is much more than a
mere matter of brick and stone and timber, goes deeper than the con-
structional forms that meet the eye. It symbolises the spiritual and
mental, as well as the material condition of thecivilisation which brought
it into being. This much is a matter of fact, not of sentiment. Bricks and
stones, united in one whole, live to expressman’s hopes and aspirations,
his thoughts and ideals, and houses stand to show how the world of
necessity has been wedded to the world of romance with more or less
successfully adjusted proportion and varying good or bad taste.
No type of building is capable of bearing a more personal stamp than
the small house. It has an intimate appeal, for its very size brings about
a close association between the
dwelling and those who live in
it. Looking back over the archi-
tectural history of our country
it will be found that this has
always been the case. When
building was a living craft the
small houses and cottages pos-
sessed a certain individuality that
was in closest touch with the
thought of the populace.
Through periods of constant
change ideas, opinions, and
fashions have come and gone
23
PLAN OF HOUSE AT TILE HILL