. Lutyens houses and gardens . SCALE or I M-* IO. 20. m 40 ja FEET. 68.—Millmead Plans. building. The planning of a Dormy House pure andsimple is an interesting little problem which Sir Edwinhas solved well, but I need not discuss it here. Of the treatment of the exterior Fig. 70 speaks clearlyenough. The plan is a simple oblong, and the elevationsare conceived in a spirit of symmetry and unaffectedreticence. The big pantiled roof, with little straight-topped dormers, the three bold chimneys, the whitewashedwalls with base and quoins and string of red brick, thevigorous cornice and the green j
. Lutyens houses and gardens . SCALE or I M-* IO. 20. m 40 ja FEET. 68.—Millmead Plans. building. The planning of a Dormy House pure andsimple is an interesting little problem which Sir Edwinhas solved well, but I need not discuss it here. Of the treatment of the exterior Fig. 70 speaks clearlyenough. The plan is a simple oblong, and the elevationsare conceived in a spirit of symmetry and unaffectedreticence. The big pantiled roof, with little straight-topped dormers, the three bold chimneys, the whitewashedwalls with base and quoins and string of red brick, thevigorous cornice and the green jalousies make up a com-position that is at once simple and pleasantly diverse. Millmead, Bramley 97. c/i D0= w Q W o. Hi P WBS H 3 5 G 98 The Dormy House, Walton Heath The quiet formality of the house stretches to the garden,which is brilliant in summer with roses climbing richlyover treillage pergolas of split oak. Barton St. Mary, East Grinstead, is one of the besthouses designed by Sir Edwin in a vernacular manner. It is typically of the South Country (Fig. 72), with
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