Architectural Styles for Country Houses; the Characteristics And Merits of Various Types of Architecture As Set Forth By Enthusiastic Advocates
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The English house in suburbs or in country may be based on Gk)thic traditions as they filtered through the Renais- sance days of the Tudor times, or tinged with the Italian spirit which grew side by side with Gothic, or touched by the influence of Dutch brickwork, which helped to produce the Georgian work, but in every case it will be homelike. It will set well on the level amid its well kept grounds, or on the terraced hillside, or in the pleasant valley. It will have three divisions always mo...re or less clearly marked. The public part, entrances and the like, for the family and for service; the master's part, both in house and grounds; and the service part, also in house and grounds. This is so obviously wise as a fundamental consideration that it is strange to find it so often ignored here, but we may comfort or excuse ourselves with the thought that they have been building to suit conditions of country life for centuries, and we but a short time. With these three considerations in mind the owner will 60 ARCHITECTURAL STYLES FOR COUNTRY HOUSES view his lot of land to determine what part he may spare to the public, what to service, and what reserve for his wife and children.
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