A HOUSE IN AMERICA 



THE house which is illustrated here was designed for a site in America, under 

 somewhat severe restrictions as to cost restrictions which suggested the 

 simplicity of its form and roof plan. In these respects it resembles " Findon." 



The 'low square porch is designed on somewhat the same lines. This 

 opens into a small hall-space, from which the staircase ascends. The drawing- 

 room and dining-room form together the main living-rooms of the house, and 

 each have ample fireplaces. The study is smaller and more isolated, while 

 the kitchen premises are simplified by the absence of the separate scullery and 

 by the partial use of the basement for storage. Five good-sized bedrooms 

 occupy the first floor, with bathroom and linen-closet, and above these are five 

 attics with servants' bathroom. The basement contains heating-chamber, 

 laundry and cellars. American characteristics will be recognised in the 

 ample cupboard-space provided in the bedrooms, and the servants' bathroom. 



In the arrangement of the ground plan the hall forms a recess in the 

 drawing-room, from which it can be cut off when required by sliding doors. 

 When these doors are open, the drawing-room and hall together form a 

 spacious reception-hall, and when the doors to the recess are closed it obtains 

 the privacy which may be required for its uses as a drawing-room. The hall 

 recess does not attempt here to pose as a room. There is, therefore, no fire- 

 place, and its whole treatment suggests it is but a recessed portion of the 

 larger room. 



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