DOI Artikel:
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 Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41869#0068
THE ROEHAMPTON ESTATE
architectural effects, as well as variety, have been obtained by the group-
ing of masses and the skilful distribution of colour. These qualities of
breadth have arisen through the use of various devices, one of which is par-
ticularly noticeable in all the work throughout the Estate. Instead of treat-
ing each cottage as a separate entity, and thereby creating an interminable
number of small units difficult to control, cottages and maisonettes, to the
number of three and upwards, have been built in seperate blocks with long
unbroken roofs. The dwellings, so arranged in blocks and surrounded by
ample gardens, occur in groups, around squares, or along broad lines that
give dignity as well as picturesqueness. Good instances of the results that
have come into being through this practice are given from Swinburne Road
(p. 49), Putney Park Lane (p. 51), and in the drawing of the maisonettes at
the junction of Dover House Road and
Elmshaw Road (p. 43). A glimpse from '•<•.. «
the north-west corner of Huntingfield
Road is also illustrated on page 50, and
around this point can be seen much very
successful work. The low screen wall
between the houses shewn in the
drawing, exemplifies a feature much in
evidence which serves the double pur-
pose of giving privacy to the backs of
the premises, and joining the main
facade of one block to another. An-
other rendering of a screen wall appears
on page 52.
Colour effects have been obtained
through the medium of various materials
employed. The colours and textures of
bricks and tiles shew in large harmonious
masses on the roof and wall surfaces, as
well as in the right places for adding
emphasis and richness to the features
and details of the designs. The work
carried out in London stocks—conspic-
uous in Pleasance Road, and in the
large group of buildings neighbouring
the allotments—calls for especial men-
tion on account of its quiet warm tones.
Red and purple bricks and hand-made
tiles are responsible for several delight-
ful schemes of colour, while the oppor-
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architectural effects, as well as variety, have been obtained by the group-
ing of masses and the skilful distribution of colour. These qualities of
breadth have arisen through the use of various devices, one of which is par-
ticularly noticeable in all the work throughout the Estate. Instead of treat-
ing each cottage as a separate entity, and thereby creating an interminable
number of small units difficult to control, cottages and maisonettes, to the
number of three and upwards, have been built in seperate blocks with long
unbroken roofs. The dwellings, so arranged in blocks and surrounded by
ample gardens, occur in groups, around squares, or along broad lines that
give dignity as well as picturesqueness. Good instances of the results that
have come into being through this practice are given from Swinburne Road
(p. 49), Putney Park Lane (p. 51), and in the drawing of the maisonettes at
the junction of Dover House Road and
Elmshaw Road (p. 43). A glimpse from '•<•.. «
the north-west corner of Huntingfield
Road is also illustrated on page 50, and
around this point can be seen much very
successful work. The low screen wall
between the houses shewn in the
drawing, exemplifies a feature much in
evidence which serves the double pur-
pose of giving privacy to the backs of
the premises, and joining the main
facade of one block to another. An-
other rendering of a screen wall appears
on page 52.
Colour effects have been obtained
through the medium of various materials
employed. The colours and textures of
bricks and tiles shew in large harmonious
masses on the roof and wall surfaces, as
well as in the right places for adding
emphasis and richness to the features
and details of the designs. The work
carried out in London stocks—conspic-
uous in Pleasance Road, and in the
large group of buildings neighbouring
the allotments—calls for especial men-
tion on account of its quiet warm tones.
Red and purple bricks and hand-made
tiles are responsible for several delight-
ful schemes of colour, while the oppor-
54
DETAIL OF CHIMNEY STACK