. Lutyens houses and gardens . 108.—Chussex : The Staircase. Chussex, Walton-on-the-Hill 153. 109.—Chussex : Plan of Ground Floor. lifts its front to the links. I have heard descriptions of itfrom many mouths, and they vary mightily. Of hostilecriticism there is no lack, mostly directed to the undoubtedfact that Chussex is not pretty. That is true, and happilyso, for what is wanted from architects is not prettiness butcharacter. The tendency in modern work which is repre-sented at Chussex is full of common sense. It starts witha basis of absolute simplicity and continues to the chimney-tops in
. Lutyens houses and gardens . 108.—Chussex : The Staircase. Chussex, Walton-on-the-Hill 153. 109.—Chussex : Plan of Ground Floor. lifts its front to the links. I have heard descriptions of itfrom many mouths, and they vary mightily. Of hostilecriticism there is no lack, mostly directed to the undoubtedfact that Chussex is not pretty. That is true, and happilyso, for what is wanted from architects is not prettiness butcharacter. The tendency in modern work which is repre-sented at Chussex is full of common sense. It starts witha basis of absolute simplicity and continues to the chimney-tops in the same spirit. The hipped roof, with its littledormer windows, finishes in a flat, from which the twomassive chimneys rise at right angles to the main line of thebuilding. On the south side the middle part of the frontrises some feet above the eaves, and the ends are markedby admirable stone vases. A vigorous rhythm is affordedby the plain brick pilasters, and they further give a verticalemphasis to a wall that might be dull without them. Thegarden has taken good shape, and Fig. 107
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