THE WHITE HOUSE 



THE White House, in the general arrangement of its plan, may be com- 

 pared with " Bexton Croft." It presents the same arrangement of the 

 three sitting-rooms connected with a passage at the back, and combining to 

 form a spacious interior effect. 



The importance of the outlook towards the south-west, however, led to 

 the corner bay-window there, and the placing of the kitchens in a return wing 

 instead of as an extension of the south front. 



The general character of the house also became changed in response to 

 local influences. Occupying an exposed position on the Clyde, not far from 

 the birthplace of that modern revival known as the Glasgow School, and 

 designed for a client who already possessed some of Mr. E. A. Walton's 

 beautiful furniture, without any conscious effort the conception of the house 

 seemed to be modelled by these factors to a greater severity in its external 

 lines and to a general character throughout which suggests little of the old- 

 world houses. 



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