. Lutyens houses and gardens . urved bays break the line (Fig. 114),but otherwise Nashdom is almost nakedly severe. Inthe hands of a less skilled designer, such a conceptionwould have taken shape as a barrack. As it is, the house hasa character of distinction which marks it as an Englishvariant of eighteenth-century Italian and French mansions,yet without a mark of foreign detail. Nashdom is a tourde force in whitewashed brick. Its nearness to the roadhas impressed on the plan the character of a town mansionrather than of a country house. From the entrance door weascend twelve steps to get to
. Lutyens houses and gardens . urved bays break the line (Fig. 114),but otherwise Nashdom is almost nakedly severe. Inthe hands of a less skilled designer, such a conceptionwould have taken shape as a barrack. As it is, the house hasa character of distinction which marks it as an Englishvariant of eighteenth-century Italian and French mansions,yet without a mark of foreign detail. Nashdom is a tourde force in whitewashed brick. Its nearness to the roadhas impressed on the plan the character of a town mansionrather than of a country house. From the entrance door weascend twelve steps to get to the ground floor, level withthe garden front. On this side is the range of reception-rooms, amongst which the dining-room seemed to metypical. The round dining-table was equipped (I am writingof ten years ago) in an entertaining way, with a hint of thegarden. Its middle was occupied by a round pool, andamidst miniature rockwork there bloomed forget-me-notsand other delicate flowers in their seasons. A tiny fountain Nashdom 157. in.—The Porch: From the Road. 158 Wind-indicating Dials tinkled and electric lamps, secretly disposed, added brilli-ance to the gold fish inhabiting the pool. The treatmentof a landing fireplace deserves a word (Fig. 113). Over ahundred and fifty years ago Isaac Ware suggested that theblank space in the panel of an overmantel might be filledwith a wind-indicating dial. Sir Edwin Lutyens has beendoing it for many years. The dial, round which the wind-pointer swings, is decorated with a map of the district, so
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