. Lutyens houses and gardens . ospitable to poppies and snap-dragons, daisies and stonecrop. The scale of Barton St. Mary is much helped by thesize of the bricks used, which are only one inch and three-quarters thick. The interior treatment is of the simplestthroughout. There are no cornices to any of the rooms,and little decorative emphasis anywhere save in the fire-places, one of which is illustrated (Fig. 73). They areof the open type, and the canopies, built of thin tiles tomatch the backs of the fireplace openings, show the architecttriumphing over adversity. These canopies were after-tho
. Lutyens houses and gardens . ospitable to poppies and snap-dragons, daisies and stonecrop. The scale of Barton St. Mary is much helped by thesize of the bricks used, which are only one inch and three-quarters thick. The interior treatment is of the simplestthroughout. There are no cornices to any of the rooms,and little decorative emphasis anywhere save in the fire-places, one of which is illustrated (Fig. 73). They areof the open type, and the canopies, built of thin tiles tomatch the backs of the fireplace openings, show the architecttriumphing over adversity. These canopies were after-thoughts, made necessary by the smoke trouble which sooften pursues the lover of open hearths. Both in thedrawing-room, however, where the canopy is built square(Fig. 73), and in the dining-room, where it is curved,the additions have no air of being afterthoughts, but addinstead to the decorative interest of the fireplaces. This type of house gives the feeling of homeliness inmarked degree. It is, to some eyes, more instinct with. 71.—Plan of Barton St. Mary. ioo Lutyens Houses and Gardens
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