fitted with a small range; a good cupboard for coats and hats by
the entrance; a coal-place and larder. Upstairs are four bedrooms,
necessarily rather small; one has a bed-recess taken off the largest
room to help it, and as it is over the low ceiling of the ingle, it
gets the advantage of extra height under the sloping roof; and thus the
low ceiling, which adds so much to the feeling of cosiness in an ingle,
is made to benefit the bedroom over. Where some such arrangement as
this is not possible, we sometimes utilize the space between the low
ceiling and the floor above as a storage cupboard, and we often take
advantage of it for ventilating purposes, by bringing fresh air into
the room, slightly warmed by passing behind the fire, and delivering
it over the opening to the recess, where it is distributed with the
least possible draught. Where an outlet into a flue is desirable to
supplement the exhaust due to the fire, we find this a very good
place to arrange it. In a room with close-fitting iron casements,
sufficiently well built not to leak excessively through floors,
skirting, and door, the most frequent cause of a smoky chimney is the
want of sufficient air supply, and some form of inlet is an absolute
necessity. For bedrooms this may be successfully arranged in some
cases through a hollow fender kerb.
All the bedrooms in this cottage are so arranged as to have a fairly
comfortable corner between the fire and a window, where one can sit
to read or write. An east aspect is obtained for the bath-room, and a
linen cupboard warmed by the cylinder is provided.
Of the elevations I need only say that local random range stone is
used for the ground story, while for the upper portion the need for
obtaining four bedrooms over a house so narrow requires the use of nine
inch brick walls which are rough-cast in cement. The roof is covered
with local stone slate.
It is obvious that the living-room of this cottage could with much
less trouble have been made a four-square room with a fire at one end
and a door at the other; and might have been furnished with a mixture
of kitchen and parlour furniture. But I shall have sadly missed the
purpose of this paper should you not now feel, as we do, that life
would be immensely more comfortable and more dignified in a room such
as I have been describing, where each requirement has been considered
and provided for, and which has had just the shape and arrangement
given to it that seemed best to meet those requirements; where,
moreover, all the furniture has been designed in keeping with its place
and its purpose, so that there is no incongruity between the desk and
the dresser, the piano and the plate-rack.
Time will not permit me to refer in detail to any smaller cottage
plans. But enough has, I hope, been said to make it quite clear, that,
whatever the size of the house, we think it should grow, both as a
utilitarian plan and as an artistic creation, out of the real needs
of the occupants; and that the art of designing small houses and
cottages consists, not in following any accepted code of conventions,
however useful these may be in their place, but in working out such a
convenient and comely setting for the special life that shall be lived
in them as shall enable that life to expand itself to the fullest
extent, not merely unhampered by the building in which it is clothed,
but actually stimulated by a congenial surrounding.
[Illustration]
LIST OF PLATES.
PLANS. Plate
House at Northwood, ground floor plan 1
„ „ first floor plan 2
House at Marple, Cheshire, plans 3
House designed for a Hampstead site, plans 4
Cottage designed for a Derbyshire site, plans 5
Co-operative Dwellings, Cottage plans 6
Co-operative Dwellings, plan of Common Rooms 7
Co-operative Dwellings, block plan of quadrangle 8
Co-operative Dwellings, plans for larger houses 9
Co-operative Dwellings, plans of larger Common Rooms 10
Plan for a hamlet 11
LINE DRAWINGS. (Barry Parker, delt.)
An Artizan’s Living-room 12
A Living-room 13
A Living-room 14
Sketch for a Hall, near Derby 15
Sketch for a corner in a Hall, near Derby 16
A Library 17
A Living-room 18
A Study in the roof 19
A Hall in Buxton 20
A Living-room in Buxton 21
Sketch for a Hall in Buxton 22
Sketch for a Hall in Marple, Cheshire 23
Corner in a Hall, Church Stretton 24
A Living-room, Church Stretton 25
Sketch for a Billiard-room, Carrigbyrne, Co. Wexford 26
Room to be built on to “The Old Cottage,” Tintagel 27
Sketch for a Fireplace, Westmoreland 28
Sketch for a Hall, Westmoreland 29
A Hall, Montreal, Canada 30
A Living-room 31
WASH DRAWINGS. (Barry Parker, delt.)
A Living-room, Northwood 32
A Hall, Northwood 33
Design for Co-operative Dwellings 34
Common room in Co-operative Dwellings 35
Village Common Room 36
A Cottage interior 37
Design for a hamlet 38
A Village corner 39
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Corner in Dining-room 40
Living-room in Bridgwater, The Garden Bay 41
A Hall in Buxton, view 1 42
„ „ „ 2 43
„ „ „ 3 44
A Living-room in Buxton 45
A Hall in Buxton 46
A House in Church Stretton, the Hall, view 1 47
„ „ „ view 2 48
„ „ The Living-room ingle 49
A House in Church Stretton, Dining recess in Living-room 50
A House in Church Stretton, a Bedroom, view 1 51
A House in Church Stretton, a Bedroom, view 2 52
A House in Bradford, the Hall 53
A House in Bradford, the Consulting-room 54
„ „ the Sitting-room, view 1 55
„ „ „ „ view 2 56
A House in Buxton, the Living-room 57
„ „ the Drawing-room 58
„ „ the Balcony 59
A Farmhouse Sitting-room, Derbyshire 60
A Living-room in Buxton 61
A Living-room in Croydon 62
A Living-room in Buxton 63
A Hall in Marple, view 1 64
„ „ view 2 65
A Hall in Montreal, Canada, view 1 66
„ „ „ view 2 67
„ „ „ view 3 68
[Illustration:
PLATE 1.
A HOUSE AT NORTHWOOD,
STAFFORDSHIRE, PLAN
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VIII. SEE PLATES 32 AND 33.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN]
[Illustration: PLATE 2.
A HOUSE AT NORTHWOOD,
STAFFORDSHIRE, PLAN
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VIII.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN]
[Illustration: PLATE 3.
A HOUSE IN MARPLE,
CHESHIRE, PLANS
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VIII. SEE PLATES 23,
64, AND 65.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN]
[Illustration: PLATE 4.
A HOUSE DESIGNED FOR A
HAMPSTEAD SITE, PLANS
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VIII.
NOTE; THERE ARE TWO BEDROOMS AND A BOXROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN]
[Illustration: PLATE 5.
A COTTAGE DESIGNED FOR A
DERBYSHIRE SITE, PLANS
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VIII. SEE PLATE 37.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN]
[Illustration: PLATE 6.
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VII. SEE PLATES 8 AND 34.
SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
DESIGN FOR PROPOSED CO-OPERATIVE DWELLINGS IN A YORKSHIRE TOWN;
SUGGESTED PLANS FOR THREE OF THE COTTAGES.]
[Illustration: PLATE 7.
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VII. SEE PLATES 34 AND 35.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
DESIGN FOR PROPOSED CO-OPERATIVE DWELLINGS IN A YORKSHIRE TOWN. PLAN OF
COMMON ROOMS]
[Illustration: PLATE 8.
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VII. SEE PLATES 6 AND 9.
DESIGN FOR PROPOSED CO-OPERATIVE DWELLINGS IN A YORKSHIRE TOWN
BLOCK PLAN
BLOCK PLAN OF QUADRANGLE OF LARGER HOUSES AND COMMON ROOMS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 9.
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VII. SEE PLATE 8.
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
DESIGN FOR PROPOSED CO-OPERATIVE DWELLINGS IN A YORKSHIRE TOWN;
QUADRANGLE OF LARGER HOUSES AND COMMON ROOMS. SUGGESTED PLANS FOR TWO
OF THE COTTAGES.]
[Illustration: PLATE 10.
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE VII.
DESIGN FOR PROPOSED CO-OPERATIVE DWELLINGS IN A YORKSHIRE TOWN;
QUADRANGLE OF LARGER HOUSES & COMMON ROOMS. PLAN OF COMMON ROOMS.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN]
[Illustration: PLATE 11.
PLAN FOR A HAMLET,
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VII. SEE PLATE 38.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 12.
AN ARTIZAN’S LIVING-ROOM.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 13.
DESIGN FOR THE
LIVING-ROOM IN A HOUSE
CONTAINING THIS ROOM,
SANCTUM, SCULLERY,
PANTRY & BEDROOMS ONLY.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 14.
DESIGN FOR THE
LIVING-ROOM IN A HOUSE
TO HAVE THIS ROOM,
SANCTUM, KITCHENS,
OFFICES & BEDROOM
ACCOMMODATION ONLY.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 15.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR A
HALL NEAR DERBY.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 16.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR
A CORNER IN A HALL NEAR
DERBY.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 17.
A LIBRARY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 18.
A LIVING-ROOM.]
[Illustration: PLATE 19.
A STUDY IN THE ROOF.]
[Illustration: PLATE 20.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH
FOR A HALL IN BUXTON,
DERBYSHIRE.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 21.
DESIGN FOR A LIVING-ROOM
IN BUXTON, DERBYSHIRE.
SEE PLATE 45.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 22.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH
FOR A HALL IN BUXTON,
DERBYSHIRE.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 23.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR
THE HALL IN A HOUSE AT
MARPLE, CHESHIRE. SEE
PLATES 3, 64 AND 65.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 24.
DESIGN FOR A CORNER IN A
HALL, CHURCH STRETTON,
SHROPSHIRE. SEE PLATES
47 AND 48.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 25.
DESIGN FOR A
LIVING-ROOM, CHURCH
STRETTON, SHROPSHIRE.
SEE PLATES 49 AND 50.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 26.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH
FOR A BILLIARD-ROOM,
CARRIGBRYNE, CO. WEXFORD.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 27.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF
A ROOM TO BE BUILT ON
TO “THE OLD COTTAGE,”
TINTAGEL, CORNWALL.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 28.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH
FOR A FIREPLACE,
WESTMORELAND.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 29.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR A
HALL, WESTMORELAND.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 30.
A HALL, MONTREAL,
CANADA. SEE PLATES 66,
67 AND 68.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 31.
DESIGN FOR THE
LIVING-ROOM IN A HOUSE
HAVING IN ADDITION TO
THIS ROOM A SMALL HALL,
KITCHEN, BEDROOMS, AND
OFFICES.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 32.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR
A LIVING-ROOM AT
NORTHWOOD, STAFFORDSHIRE.
SEE PLATE 1.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 33.
PRELIMINARY SKETCH FOR
A HALL AT NORTHWOOD,
STAFFORDSHIRE. SEE PLATE 1.
NOTE: THE CHIMNEY-STACK
STANDS ON THE ARCH, AND
THE FLUE IS BROUGHT OVER
TO IT WITHIN THE COPPER
HOOD.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 34.
DESIGN FOR PROPOSED
CO-OPERATIVE DWELLINGS
IN A YORKSHIRE TOWN. TO
ILLUSTRATE LECTURE VII.
SEE PLATES 6, 7, AND 8.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 35.
INTERIOR OF COMMON ROOM
IN PROPOSED CO-OPERATIVE
DWELLINGS IN A YORKSHIRE
TOWN. TO ILLUSTRATE
LECTURE VII. SEE PLATE 7.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 36.
DESIGN FOR PROPOSED
VILLAGE COMMON ROOM NEAR
LEEDS. TO ILLUSTRATE
LECTURE VII.
NOTE: THE BILLIARD
TABLE HAS BEEN OMITTED
FROM SKETCH TO SHOW
THE RAISED SEATS WHICH
OVERLOOK IT, & THE INGLE.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 37.
DESIGN FOR A COTTAGE
INTERIOR. SEE PLATE 5.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 38.
DESIGN FOR A HAMLET,
ILLUSTRATING LECTURE
VII. SEE PLATE 11.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 39.
SKETCH FOR A VILLAGE
CORNER, ILLUSTRATING
LECTURE VII.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 40.
DINING-ROOM IN EAST
DERBYSHIRE. THE
SIDEBOARD CORNER.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 41.
A LIVING-ROOM
IN BRIDGEWATER,
SOMERSETSHIRE. THE
GARDEN BAY.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 42.
A HALL IN BUXTON, VIEW 1.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 43.
A HALL IN BUXTON, VIEW 2.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 44.
A HALL IN BUXTON, VIEW 3.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 45.
A LIVING-ROOM IN BUXTON.
FOR DESIGN SEE PLATE 21.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 46.
A HALL IN BUXTON.]
[Illustration: PLATE 47.
A HOUSE IN CHURCH
STRETTON. THE HALL, VIEW 1.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 48.
A HOUSE IN CHURCH
STRETTON. THE HALL, VIEW
2. SEE PLATE 24.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 49.
A HOUSE IN CHURCH
STRETTON. THE
LIVING-ROOM. VIEW 1.
SHOWING INGLE. SEE PLATE 25.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 50.
A HOUSE IN CHURCH
STRETTON. THE
LIVING-ROOM, VIEW 2,
SHOWING DINING RECESS.
SEE PLATE 25.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 51.
A HOUSE IN CHURCH
STRETTON, A BEDROOM,
VIEW 1.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 52.
A HOUSE IN CHURCH
STRETTON, A BEDROOM,
VIEW 2.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 53.
A DOCTOR’S HOUSE IN
BRADFORD. THE HALL.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 54.
A DOCTOR’S HOUSE
IN BRADFORD. THE
CONSULTING-ROOM.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 55.
A DOCTOR’S HOUSE
IN BRADFORD. THE
SITTING-ROOM, VIEW 1.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 56.
A DOCTOR’S HOUSE
IN BRADFORD. THE
SITTING-ROOM, VIEW 2.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 57.
A HOUSE IN BUXTON. THE
LIVING-ROOM.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 58.
A HOUSE IN BUXTON. THE
DRAWING-ROOM.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 59.
A HOUSE IN BUXTON. THE
BALCONY.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 60.
A DERBYSHIRE FARMHOUSE.
THE SITTING-ROOM.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 61.
A LIVING-ROOM IN BUXTON.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 62.
A HOUSE IN CROYDON. THE
LIVING-ROOM.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 63.
A LIVING-ROOM IN BUXTON.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 64.
A HALL AT MARPLE, VIEW
1. SEE PRELIMINARY
SKETCH, PLATE 23.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 65.
A HALL AT MARPLE,
VIEW 2. FOR PLANS,
SEE PLATE 3.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 66.
A HALL IN MONTREAL,
CANADA, VIEW 1. SEE
PLATE 30.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 67.
A HALL IN MONTREAL,
CANADA, VIEW 2. SEE
PLATE 30.
]
[Illustration: PLATE 68.
A HALL IN MONTREAL,
CANADA, VIEW 3. SEE
PLATE 30.
]
Transcriber’s Notes
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a
predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they
were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected.
In the original book, some sidenotes were positioned mid-paragraph.
Here, all sidenotes are positioned at the beginning of the paragraph.
Transcriber added a page number (136) to the “List of Plates and Plates
at the end” entry in the Table of Contents.