DOI article:
Jones, Sydney R.; Forrest, George Topham [Ill.]: The Roehampton Estate: illustrated by drawings prepared in the office of the architect to the London county council
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41869#0057
THE ROEHAMPTON ESTATE
VIEW OF MAISONETTES AT JUNCTION OF DOVER HOUSE ROAD AND ELMSHAW ROAD
HALF FIRST FLOOR PLAN
WALF GROUND FLOOR PLAN
when temptations of every kind abound, this is no easy thing to do. The
important question of cost is always present, and the advocates of cheap
ideas, as well as cheap constructional work, are insistent. Strength of mind,
as well as imagination, are required if a standard of achievement is to be
kept, and it is by no means sufficiently recognised that bad building is
worse than none at all. It is not suggested by the foregoing words that the
Roehampton Estate is being developed on extravagant lines, for such is not
the case. The work is being carried out in a capable way, and within the
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VIEW OF MAISONETTES AT JUNCTION OF DOVER HOUSE ROAD AND ELMSHAW ROAD
HALF FIRST FLOOR PLAN
WALF GROUND FLOOR PLAN
when temptations of every kind abound, this is no easy thing to do. The
important question of cost is always present, and the advocates of cheap
ideas, as well as cheap constructional work, are insistent. Strength of mind,
as well as imagination, are required if a standard of achievement is to be
kept, and it is by no means sufficiently recognised that bad building is
worse than none at all. It is not suggested by the foregoing words that the
Roehampton Estate is being developed on extravagant lines, for such is not
the case. The work is being carried out in a capable way, and within the
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