. Lutyens houses and gardens . 0JKXmO *l_OOB DLAN 50.—Ground Floor Plan : Little Thakeham. 72 Little Thakeham. o X w A Palladian Interior 73 Sir Edwin was progressing in 1902 towards a more maturemanner of interior treatment. The late Jacobean richnesswhich inspired the hall at Marshcourt has given place to themore quiet methods of the age of Wren. In less able handsthis mingling of styles, of Tudor and Palladian, would haveled to disaster, but Sir Edwin has always shown a particularskill in combining different manners and yet in achievingunity of effect. The general plan of the building (Fig.

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. Lutyens houses and gardens . 0JKXmO *l_OOB DLAN 50.—Ground Floor Plan : Little Thakeham. 72 Little Thakeham. o X w A Palladian Interior 73 Sir Edwin was progressing in 1902 towards a more maturemanner of interior treatment. The late Jacobean richnesswhich inspired the hall at Marshcourt has given place to themore quiet methods of the age of Wren. In less able handsthis mingling of styles, of Tudor and Palladian, would haveled to disaster, but Sir Edwin has always shown a particularskill in combining different manners and yet in achievingunity of effect. The general plan of the building (Fig. 50) is based on anH with a broad connecting stroke, the kitchen offices beinggrouped round a distinct court to the east of the main front door opens on to a broad corridor, which runsacross the house from east to west. Of the considerablearea of the stroke nearly three-quarters is occupied bythis corridor, by the porch and stairs and by the space behindthe screen. About one-quarter only is left for the hall itself,and it is overlooked by the open screen, the staircase balconyand the upper corri

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